Oral Anatomy.

Catalog description

Semester course; 2 lecture hours. 2 credits. Enrollment is restricted to admitted students in the dental hygiene degree program. This course is designed to develop the student’s knowledge of the morphology and anatomical features of the human adult dentition. It is intended to provide students with a fundamental working knowledge of the internal and external morphology of the human adult dentition in order to effectively communicate using appropriate anatomical terms related to the human dentition. This course is intended to facilitate additional later course work involving diagnosis and treatment of normal and pathological conditions. This didactic course offers limited hands-on and self-study sessions.