Clinical Primer is a pocket guide for dental assisting students for quick reference and review of fundamental clinical skills and knowledge. This book is used while in clinical courses, during clinical internships, as a review companion to clinical courses, and is a resource for the student to take with them to their first job. With this handy pocket reference and interactive CD-ROM, you'll easily master the core skills you need to be a successful clinical dental assistant. Clear, concise explanations are coupled with plenty of diagrams, photos, tables, charts, bulleted lists, and step-by-step clinical procedures. Together, these learning aids let you quickly review tray set-ups, dental materials, dental charting, cement mixing, XCP instrument assembly, and film placement, to prepare the student and to use as a resource for their first job.