Dental Instruments: A Pocket Guide: A Pocket Guide - Softcover

Boyd RDA BA, Linda Bartolomucci

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0443278695 ISBN 13: 9780443278693

Publisher: Elsevier, 2026

Synopsis

Learn to identify and use more than 300 dental instruments! Dental Instruments: A Pocket Guide, 9th Edition, makes it quick and easy for dental professionals to master the instruments, equipment, and tray setups used in everyday practice. The book includes over 750 photographs and drawings of basic and specialty dental instruments, paired with monographs describing each instrument’s characteristics, functions, order of use, and CDC sterilization guidelines. With a spiral-bound, flashcard-style, flip-chart format, the book also makes it easy to review key information and to assess your knowledge. Dental Instruments is the perfect guide both for study and for chairside reference!

• More than 750 high-quality photos and illustrations include both full and close-up views to help you accurately identify and differentiate dental instruments. Additional photos demonstrate how the instruments are used
• Clear, two-page spreads include a photo of each instrument along with its name, functions, characteristics, practice notes, and sterilization, with chapters progressing from basic instruments to more specialized instruments and state-of-the-art dental technology
• Flashcard-style format is perfect for self-quizzing
• Pocket size, spiral binding, and Velcro^® closure enable easy, on-the-go study and use
• Practice Notes and Sterilization Notes summarize common tray setups as well as CDC regulations
• Review activities on the companion Evolve website include chapter quizzes as well as tray setup questions and exercises

• NEW! Updated photos and illustrations focus on the latest advances in implants, orthodontics, and endodontics. Additional photos demonstrate the instruments in use

About this title

About the Author

Linda Bartolomucci Boyd is a Professor Emeritus at Diablo Valley College, where she served as the Program Coordinator of the RDA/CDA program. She has been a RDA for over 35 years and taught in community colleges for many years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0443278695
• ISBN 13: 9780443278693
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 784