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Dental Hygiene / Dental Assistant: Open Educational Resources

this guide will help dental students with research and information on dental procedures, techniques, and skills.

Ebooks in Galileo

Video Links

Your Practice Online 

Educational videos for dental professionals & Patients

Dental Assisting Instructional Videos

Dental Videos

Trusted dentistry and oral health videos

Video

Online Journals

Dental World

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

Dental Economics 

Free medical journals: Dentistry, dental medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery 

free online journals

The Open Dentistry Journal 

an Open Access online journal, which publishes research articles, reviews/mini-reviews, letters, case reports and guest edited single topic issues in all areas of dentistry and the oral cavity.

Hygienetown

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Journal

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

video

Open Textbooks

Cover image for Histology and Embryology for Dental Hygiene Histology and embryology for dental hygiene

Textbook aimed at college students in a dental hygiene program. Makes use of animated images to focus on concepts in histology and embryology. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Dentistry

list of dentistry open access books from infotech

Logo Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders 

MERCK MANUAL Professional Version

 Comparative Oral+ENT Biology

This book offers an introduction to the mouth and associated cavities in the head: nose, throat and ears.

 Introduction to Dental Terminology

by RJ Foster

Interface Oral Health Science 2016

Diagnosis and Management of Oral Lesions and Conditions: A Resource Handbook for the Clinician 

Fotinos S. Panagakos; Cesar A. Migliorati (2014)

Dental Anatomy

Human Teeth - Key Skills and Clinical Illustrations

Oral Diseases

Periodontal Disease - Diagnostic and Adjunctive Non-surgical Considerations

Trauma in Dentistry

Additional Links & Resources

OSHA Safety and Health Topics--Dentistry

Information on risks for dental professionals from the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administration.

Dentaltown

this free resource provides easily accessible information from tutorial videos to continuing education to current events in dentistry. 

Style Italiano Clinical Cases

Applying the knowledge that you learn in the classroom is an integral step, and it will help you to better serve your patients. This is a great dental resource to educate yourself on clinical cases, with many in cosmetic dentistry amongst other categories.

Dental Library

The Biggest Dental Library on the Web!

MedEdPORTAL: Dentistry

Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources published by the Association of American Medical Colleges, in partnership with the American Dental Education Association. 

Health Education Assets Library (HEAL)

Collection of freely available images and videos for health sciences education. Includes images related to hematology, dermatology, ECG, histology and neuroscience. Various licenses.

DES 1100 Dental Materials 

Dentistry IQ 

Dental Hygiene| Clinical Skills

Basics of Grasp, Clinician Positioning and Patient Positioning from Hygiene edge

Instrumentation Techniques for Dental Hygienists

Resources for Good Oral Health

The DALE Foundation

the most comprehensive resource for dental assisting students. The site is an affiliate of the Dental Assisting National Board, so you know that you are getting the current information regarding DANB certification and your path to becoming a dental assistant.

CDC Oral Health Resources

Dental Hygiene from Wisc-Online

by Fox Valley Technical College, Wisconsin 

MedlinePlus: Dental Health

The National Library of Medicine has put this page together as a starting place for gathering online information about dental health. Although aimed at consumers there is much here of interest to dental hygienists, especially the sections on Latest News

Freebookcentre.net: Dentistry

Technical book

Trip Medical Database

Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.

Dental quizzes (for students of all ages)

Freebookcentre.net: Dentistry

Technical books

Dental Resource Library