Customer Reviews

Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation and Advanced Root Instrumentation

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This is by far the MOST CURRENT and methodical periodontal instrumentation book ever written! This latest edition contains fabulous photos in color and every skill is presented in an easy to follow step by step format. The author, Jill S. Nield-Gehrig, is known by the educators' as "The Genius of Dental Hygiene Education". It is no wonder that "Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation and Advanced Root Instrumentation" is the dental hygiene educator's choice for students. In fact, in 2007, more educators adopted this dental hygiene text than any other clinical dental hygiene text on the market! If you want to teach or learn the latest techniques that are based on sound current research in ergonomics and effectivness, this is the ONLY book you will need.

Cynthia Biron Leiseca, Professor & Chair
Dental Health Programs, Tallahassee Community College
President of DH Methods of Education, Inc.
"Boot Camp for Dental Hygiene Instructors"

I have been teaching dental hygiene instrumentation since 1971, now I wonder how instructors ever did it without a text like "Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation and Advanced Root Instrumentation." This text provides the words and the images so that our students "get it". It is amazinig how everything is broken down into clear steps with prompts that help put everything together. This is not just a text for schools. Practicing hygienists get this text. I guarantee you will be amazed at how much you will learn. You won't be able to put it down.

This is the best resource for teaching and learning periodontal instrumentation on the market. It is written in such a way that each small movement is reduced to exact detail so that scaling becomes an art and science.

It was very fast and cheap. This is what I want get when I saw pic. I will get more later.

I was really happy with the purchase I made on Amazon.com I received the book 24 hours later! wow!

THis was required in my dental program and has not let us down yet. Rather thorough and even gives instructions for lefties and righties! If it's good enough for OSU, then anyone can benefit from it.

This book was not that great. The CD it came with was a total waste; it didn't deliver any of the things it promised. There was only limited info on like one chapter. And the way the book is laid out is very strange and difficult to follow. It has a separate chapter on Adaptation and Angulation, whereas I was really hoping they'd be combined. Also, there is not adequate mention of the adaptation or angulation that they want you to utilize in the other chapters. I don't like to flip back and forth; I just like all the information laid out in an easy-to-understand format. Is that so much to ask?! The step-by-step pictures aren't much help because even though they differentiate between right and left-handed clinicians, the pictures just can't do the procedure justice. That is where I thought the CD would come in handy. Oh well.

The item arrived in good time and condition as per Amazon's promise. Good job all!

i was really happy with the shipment if you need your book in 2 days try expedite shipping it is really fast....the book was in perfect condition

I got this book because it had 3 great reviews plus there was a CD that came along with it. However, after bringing them to class/lab, I realize that the content was very superficial. I looked at my friend's perio book from Pattison (another supposed well-known hygiene instructor) and the instructions for instrumentation were so much more in depth. Although Pattison's pictures are in black-and-white, it was still a better book overall. I'd recommend buying Pattison's and skip this unless you have an EXCELLENT instructor already (which I didn't).