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DTH 111 Tooth Morphology and Tooth Carving I

ND1 levelMedical & Health Sciences59 topics

DTH 111 covers 59 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Tooth morphology concepts
  2. Dental terminologies
  3. Tooth surfaces and structure
  4. Deciduous and permanent dentition
  5. Differences between dentitions
  6. Structure of deciduous teeth
  7. Structure of permanent teeth
  8. Occlusion
  9. Articulation
  10. Tooth carving
  11. Fluorides
  12. Prophylactic paste
  13. Chemical properties of dental materials
  14. Physical properties of dental materials
  15. Classification of dental materials
  16. Restorative, preventive and prosthetic materials
  17. Metallic and non-metallic materials
  18. Impression compounds
  19. Hydrocolloids
  20. Heating methods for impression compounds
  21. Soft and hard paste
  22. Uses of dental materials
  23. Manipulation of dental materials
  24. Setting time of dental materials
  25. Tooth surfaces
  26. Structure of a tooth
  27. Human dentition types
  28. Deciduous and permanent teeth
  29. Identification of individual teeth
  30. Functions of teeth
  31. Tooth drawing and labelling
  32. Malocclusion
  33. Oral health and its significance
  34. Anatomy of the mouth, teeth and gingivae
  35. Aetiology of periodontal diseases and dental caries
  36. Inflamed gingivae
  37. Dental plaque and calculus
  38. Pathology of common oral conditions
  39. Common oral health issues
  40. Diagnosis of oral diseases
  41. Preventive and control measures for dental diseases
  42. Community oral health education
  43. Principles of epidemiology in oral health
  44. Epidemiology of dental diseases
  45. Collection and analysis of epidemiological data
  46. Community-based oral health programme design
  47. Basic package for oral health care (BPOC)
  48. Research concept and types
  49. Aims of research
  50. Research methodology
  51. Identifying research fields and titles
  52. Sources of research information
  53. Literature review
  54. Research design and planning
  55. Sampling techniques and sample size
  56. Basic statistics and statistical tests
  57. Data collection and analysis
  58. Interpretation and presentation of results
  59. Research report layout

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Tooth morphology concepts

Tooth morphology concepts cover the shape, structure, and terminology of human teeth, including crown and root anatomy, cusps, fissures, and the differences between primary, mixed, and permanent dentitions. Mastery of these concepts is essential for correctly identifying tooth types, diagnosing developmental anomalies, and performing accurate tooth carving in dental examinations.

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