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DEN 1060 – Oral Anatomy
Course Description Focuses on the development and functions of oral anatomy. Topics include: dental anatomy; oral histology; and oral embryology.
Competency Areas	Hours
Dental Anatomy	Class	5
Oral Histology	D. Lab	0
Oral Embryology	P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
	Credit	5

Prerequisite:	Program admission
Corequisite:

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will be able to:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.
DENTAL ANATOMY		40	0	0
Tooth structures	Identify the different tissues that comprise teeth.
Surfaces and landmarks	Identify the surfaces and anatomical landmarks of teeth.
Attachment apparatus	Describe the supporting structures of the teeth.
Numbering systems	Classify all of the deciduous and permanent teeth according to the universal, palmer notation, and F.D.I. systems and anatomical locations and descriptions and relate this knowledge to clinical application.
Associated terminology	Identify basic terminology and nomenclature relating to specific morphological characteristics of deciduous and permanent teeth.
Primary and permanent dentition	Identify teeth according to their dentition, arch, and tooth.
Tooth migration	Differentiate between occlusal Truman and mesial drift.
	Relate the role of proper tooth contour to health and disease.
ORAL HISTOLOGY		5	0	0
Tooth development	Identify the chemical composition of all tooth structures and their developmental cell.
	Describe the development of regular, secondary, and reparative dentin.
	Identify abnormalities in dentin and enamel.
Disturbance in dental development	Define Sharpey’s fibers.
Alveolar process	Identify the layers of alveolar bone.
Periodontal ligament	Differentiate between the various periodontal fiber groups and their functions.
Bone resportion and apposition	Describe what causes bone resportion and apposition.
ORAL EMBRYOLOGY		5	0	0
Embryonic development	List the embryonic structures that form the face and discuss the approximate embryonic age of formation.
	Name the structures that form the palate and the weeks the plate fuses.
The growth period	Name the embryonic structures involved in the development of cleft palate and lip.
	Differentiate between the bud stage, cap stage, and bell state.
	Differentiate between dental papilla and dental sac.

Suggested Resources

Media Print Audio/Visual Web Other	Note: Please adhere to the APA Formatting and Style Guidelines. Examples: Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher. Duncan, G.J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997). Consequences of growing up poor. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Print	Bird, D. L. & Robinson, D. S. (2008). Torres and Ehrlich modern dental assisting. (9^th ed.) Elsevier (USA): Saunders.
Print	Short, M. (2002) Head, neck, and dental anatomy. (3^rd ed.). New York: Delmar.
Audio/Visual	Basic Anatomy of the Teeth (CD-Rom). New York: Insight Media.
Audio/Visual	Oral Structures (CD-Rom). New York: Insight Media.
Audio/Visual	Periodontium (CD-Rom). New York: Insight Media.
Audio/Visual	Individual teeth models, C-12 A.T/ Kilgore dental study models/Big tooth [Model]. Coldwater, MI: Kilgore International
Audio/Visual	Columbia dentoform, Sm-PVR-660/Individual epoxy teeth models, K-EPM-990 [Model]. Long Island, NY: Columbia Dentoform Corporation.
Audio/Visual	Deciduous teeth jaw/Lower left jaw, AM-124 [Model]. Chicago, IL: Nystrom.
Web	Evolve: http://evlolve.elsevier.com