Prereq: Admission to the college or consent of the course director. Coreq: RSD 812.
This introductory lecture course is designed to provide the dental student with necessary knowledge of dental anatomy, dental morphology and basic dental occlusion for all succeeding courses in preclinical and clinical dentistry. This includes a detailed description and study of individual teeth, relationship of dentoform and function, mandibular movement and introduction to muscles of mastication. Lectures related to biomaterials are added as needed.
This introductory lecture course is designed to provide the dental student with necessary knowledge of dental anatomy, dental morphology and basic dental occlusion for all succeeding courses in preclinical and clinical dentistry. This includes a detailed description and study of individual teeth, relationship of dentoform and function, mandibular movement and introduction to muscles of mastication. Lectures related to biomaterials are added as needed.