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Bring dental assisting concepts and procedures to life! Corresponding to the material in Bird and Robinson's bestselling Modern Dental Assisting, Dental Assisting Online reinforces your understanding by blending chapter reviews with fun, engaging activities. Forty-two interactive modules include videos and animations, interactive exercises, quizzes, and exams with instant feedback and rationales. Threaded case studies challenge you to apply what you've learned. Going beyond reading and memorization, Dental Assisting Online helps you master dental assisting procedures, think critically, and learn to solve problems in the workplace. Duration for access to this product is for the life of the edition. Correlation with Modern Dental Assisting, 12th Edition, matches online modules to corresponding chapters in the textbook, with a reading assignment providing the background you need to work through the module. More than 1,500 images illustrate dental assisting concepts and procedures, as well as equipment, materials, and situations. Interactive exercises reinforce key concepts with word building, identification and labeling, sequencing, fill-in, crosswords, and multiple-choice questions. Procedure videos and exercises help you learn to perform each skill and to demonstrate competency. Threaded case studies follow a fictitious patient and his medical/dental histories, dental chart, and radiographs encouraging you to apply what you've learned to facilitate optimal patient care. Lesson quizzes and module exams test your mastery of content and include immediate feedback. Descriptive tooth identification supports a variety of tooth numbering systems. NEW content includes topics such as technology, public health and access to care, teledentistry, the Zika virus, Ebola, the oral-systemic health con