Practical Guide Series

You can download CDT 2018 Coding Companion Help Guide for the Dental Team by American Dental Association free in pdf format.

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Updated to reflect changes to CDT 2018 codes and designed to be used with CDT 2018, this book provides training for CDT and ICD-10 coding. Organized by category of service and written by coding experts, it includes 100 coding Q&As, over 50 detailed coding scenarios with step-by-step solutions, and quizzes. Increases coding comprehension and may help reduce the number of claims rejected by insurance companies due to inaccurate coding. Can be used to educate staff on new codes or common coding mistakes, or to train a new staff person.. Developed by the ADA, who also is the official source for CDT codes. Two-color text and full-color illustrated section on coding for implants.

You can download CDT 2018 Dental Procedure Codes by American Dental Association free in pdf format. 

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Provides updated CDT 2018 codes, as developed by the ADA, the official source for CDT codes and the only HIPAA-recognized code set for dentistry. Includes 18 new codes, 16 revised codes, and 3 deleted codes. Features the addition of codes relating to tele-dentistry; new codes for point of service testing for diabetes; new prosthodontics codes with more specific language for the type of prosthesis being placed; changes to anesthesia codes to more accurately describe the services delivered to a patient. Two-color text.

You can download The ADA Practical Guide to Soft Tissue Oral Disease 2nd Edition by J. Michael Hall and Michael A. Kahn free in pdf format. 

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The ADA Practical Guide to Soft Tissue Oral Disease, Second Edition is a fully updated new edition of this popular guide to oral and maxillofacial diseases likely to be encountered in general or specialist dental practices. Emphasizing foundational information on the most common oral diseases, the book provides summaries of essential information for diagnosing and treating soft tissue oral pathology. With a focus on clinical decision-making, the book includes important information for diagnosing disease and determining the best course of action.
In addition to updates to knowledge, references, and images throughout, the Second Edition covers new diagnostic methods, narrowband imaging devices, and saliva sample testing. It offers self-testing clinicopathologic exercises for readers to practice their skills and gain confidence, and includes review questions at the end of each chapter so they can test their knowledge.

• Easy-to-use, updated resource with brief synopses for everyday clinical reference
• Includes self-testing clinicopathologic exercises to help readers further their skills and gain confidence in their knowledge
• Focuses on decision-making, from communicating diagnoses to developing and discussing treatment plans
• Presents clinically oriented information on the most important aspects of common oral and maxillofacial diseases
• Features detailed color illustrations, treatment algorithms, differential diagnosis, and case examples with discussion

The ADA Practical Guide to Soft Tissue Oral Disease is an invaluable reference on oral pathology for general dentists and dental specialists alike, as well as hygienists, undergraduate dental students, and postgraduate dentists in advanced training programs.

You can download The ADA Practical Guide  to Patients with Medical Conditions 2nd Edition by Lauren L. Patton and Michael Glick free in pdf format. 

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With new medications, medical therapies, and increasing numbers of older and medically complex patients seeking dental care, all dentists, hygienists, and students must understand the intersection of common diseases, medical management, and dental management to coordinate and deliver safe care.
This new second edition updates all of the protocols and guidelines for treatment and medications and adds more information to aid with patient medical assessments, and clearly organizes individual conditions under three headings: background, medical management, and dental management. Written by more than 25 expert academics and clinicians, this evidence-based guide takes a patient-focused approach to help you deliver safe, coordinated oral health care for patients with medical conditions. Other sections contain disease descriptions, pathogenesis, coordination of care between the dentist and physician, and key questions to ask the patient and physician.

You can download The ADA Practical Guide to Patients with Medical Conditions by Lauren L. Patton free in pdf format. 

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With new medications, medical therapies, and increasing numbers of older and medically complex patients seeking dental care, all dentists, hygienists, and students need to understand the background of common diseases, medical management, and dental management to coordinate and deliver safe care.
Written by more than 25 academicians and clinicians who are experts in the content areas, the evidence-based Practical Guide from the American Dental Association takes a patient-focused approach to help you deliver safe, coordinated oral health care for patients with medical conditions.

You can download The ADA Practical Guide to Starting Your Dental Practice by American Dental Association free in pdf format. 

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Start your practice right with this revised and updated practical guide from the ADA. Filled with the information you need, from furniture to finances. Get an overview of choosing how and where to open a practice, managing employees and choosing advisers, practice management software, billing and collections, marketing and much more.

You can download The ADA Practical Guide to Soft Tissue Oral Disease by Michael A. Kahn and J. Michael Hall free in pdf format. 

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The ADA Practical Guide to Soft Tissue Oral Disease is the perfect tool to aid in identifying, diagnosing and treating soft tissue oral disease in everyday clinical practice. Focusing on the clinical aspects of management required by the general dental team, this book expertly guides readers through screening examinations, description and documentation, differential diagnosis, and guidelines for observation and referral. Ideal as a clinical handbook or review guide, The ADA Practical Guide to Soft Tissue Oral Disease is replete with color photos, case studies and discussion, and synopses of best current treatments based on up-to-date literature. Section 1 includes basic information of how to most effectively and efficiently perform a complete and thorough head and neck soft tissue screening examination. Section 2 presents an overview of the top 40 oral soft tissue lesions, as well as several less common but life-threatening conditions such as oral cancer and infections. Section 3 is composed of a series of brief patient clinical scenarios with diagnostic exercises for self-test and evaluation by providing discussion of the correct diagnosis and distractors.

You can download The ADA Practical Guide to Substance Use Disorders and Safe Prescribing by Michael O’Nei free in pdf format. 

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Dentists have been inundated by patients with an array of complicated medical conditions and pain/sedation management issues. This is in addition to a variety of legal regulations dentists must follow regarding the storage and recordkeeping of controlled substances. Avoid unknowingly putting your practice at risk by becoming victim to a scam or violating a recordkeeping requirement with The ADA Practical Guide to Substance Use Disorders and Safe Prescribing. This Practical Guide is ideal for dentists and staff as they navigate: Detecting and deterring substance use disorders (SUD) and drug diversion in the dental office (drug-seeking patients), Prescribing complexities, Treating patients with SUD and complex analgesic and sedation (pain/sedation management) needs and the best use of sedation anxiety medication, Interviewing and counselling options for SUD, Federal drug regulations