Secrets of the CDA Exam Study Guide: DANB Test Review for the Certified Dental Assistant Examination

This CDA study guide includes CDA practice test questions. Our CDA study guide contains easy-to-read essential summaries that highlight the key areas of the CDA test. Mometrix's CDA test study guide reviews the most important components of the CDA exam.

The CDA exam is extremely challenging, and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Secrets of the CDA Exam Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the CDA exam.

Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the CDA exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

Secrets of the CDA Exam Study Guide includes:

• An extensive overview of information needed to be a dental assistant
• A guide to collection and recording of clinical data
• An in-depth look at chairside dental procedures
• A comprehensive study of chairside dental materials
• A breakdown of laboratory materials and procedures
• A review of patient education and oral health management
• An extensive look at legal considerations
• A detailed list of special problems

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The Collection and Recording of Clinical Data section includes:

• Charting
• Anatomical landmarks
• Oral lesions
• Periodontal examination

The Chairside Dental Procedures section includes:

• Treatment room equipment
• Coronal polish
• Amalgam

The Chairside Dental Materials section includes:

• Final impressions
• Dental cements
• Cavity varnish

The Laboratory Materials and Procedures section includes:

• Trimming diagnostic casts and models
• Prosthodontics

The Patient Education & Oral Health Management section includes:

• Preventative dentistry
• Vitamins

The Prevention and Management of Emergencies section includes:

• CPR
• Fractured teeth
• Antibiotics

The Office Management Procedures section includes:

• Standard of care
• Ethics
• Dental insurance

The Radiologic Imaging Concept/Process section includes:

• Dentistry and medicinal characteristics of x-rays
• Long-scale vs. short-scale contrast

The Radiation Health section includes:

• ADA guidelines for taking radiographs
• Manual processing of x-rays

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the CDA exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.

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Get the test prep help you need to become a DANB Certified Dental Assistant (CDA).

The CDA exam is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Secrets of the CDA Exam Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the CDA exam.

Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the CDA exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

Our CDA study guide includes:

• An extensive overview of information needed to be a dental assistant
• A guide to collection and recording of clinical data
• An in-depth look at chairside dental procedures
• A comprehensive study of chairside dental materials
• A breakdown of laboratory materials and procedures
• A review of patient education and oral health management
• An examination of prevention and management of emergencies
• A detailed explanation of office management procedures
• An analysis of radiologic imaging concepts and processes
• A complete overview of radiation health
• A thorough guide to panoramic and special imaging methods
• An extensive look at legal considerations
• A detailed list of special problems

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The Collection and Recording of Clinical Data section includes:

• Charting
• Anatomical landmarks
• Oral lesions
• Periodontal examination

The Chairside Dental Procedures section includes:

• Treatment room equipment
• Coronal polish
• Amalgam

The Chairside Dental Materials section includes:

• Final impressions
• Dental cements
• Cavity varnish

The Laboratory Materials and Procedures section includes:

• Trimming diagnostic casts and models
• Prosthodontics

The Patient Education & Oral Health Management section includes:

• Preventative dentistry
• Vitamins

The Prevention and Management of Emergencies section includes:

• CPR
• Fractured teeth
• Antibiotics

The Office Management Procedures section includes:

• Standard of care
• Ethics
• Dental insurance

The Radiologic Imaging Concept/Process section includes:

• Dentistry and medicinal characteristics of x-rays
• Long-scale vs. short-scale contrast

The Radiation Health section includes:

• ADA guidelines for taking radiographs
• Manual processing of x-rays

The Panoramic and Special Imaging Methods section includes:

• Operation of a panoramic radiographic machine
• Types of CT scans

The Legal Considerations section includes:

• Components of informed consent
• Nature of the patients rights section of the HIPAA

The Special Problems section includes:

• Unconventional radiographic methods required to localize structures
• Developmental abnormalities that can affect film placement

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the CDA exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.