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DTH 122 Oral Physiology

HND1 levelMedical & Health Sciences18 topics

DTH 122 covers 18 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 deposits in the mouth
  2. Soft deposits
  3. Calculus and hard deposits
  4. Dental stains
  5. Removal of oral deposits and stains
  6. Saliva: sources and types
  7. Composition and functions of saliva
  8. Calcium and phosphorus metabolism
  9. Calcification theories
  10. Mastication
  11. Swallowing
  12. Taste sensation and appreciation
  13. Taste pathways and influencing factors
  14. Tooth eruption mechanisms and theories
  15. Hard deposits
  16. Salivary glands
  17. Taste sensation
  18. Tongue and taste buds

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Tooth deposits in the mouth

Tooth deposits—namely plaque, calculus, and tartar—are biofilms that form on the enamel and cementum surfaces. Mastering their composition, formation stages, and removal strategies is essential for the NUC CCMAS, NBTE, and NCCE exams, because they are the primary causes of dental caries and periodontal disease.

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