Preface

This book was conceived over a period of more than a decade. The chairside assistant plays a pivotal role in successful management of dental patients as they enter the dental clinic. The chairside assistant helps in allaying anxiety of the patient, maintains records of dental patients, and helps to lay out all the necessary instruments and materials for the procedure as per the plan. The chairside assistant needs to have good knowledge of the anatomy, psychology, diseases, instruments, materials, procedures, and latest technology. This book intends to prepare the dental chairside assistants and dental nurses in providing efficient assistance to the dentist in a dental clinic. They play a silent but crucial role in overall management of patients with various orodental disorders. The book will provide them with the theoretical background and practical tips, and give them deeper insight into their work and responsibilities. It will give them a chance to upgrade their knowledge and skills. The book is rich in real-life pictures, which are well described to make the process of learning attractive and lucid.

This book will also provide an overview to the dental interns for good revision and useful tips to the students as they enter the internship phase. It will also be useful to the postgraduate students before they enter the dental clinics. The book has many real-life photographs, which make it very interesting.

Most of all, this will provide dental chairside assistants and dental nurses with a handbook to which they can refer to and learn, facilitating their role as good dental chairside assistants and dental nurses.