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DLT 101LB - Dental Morphology Lab

1 Credits, 3 Contact Hours
0 lecture periods 3 lab periods

This is the Lab portion of DLT 101 . Introduction to human dental morphology through lectures, readings, and sculpting exercises. Includes the dental health care team, anatomical landmarks and terminology, tooth development and landmarks, tooth sculpting, articulators and model mounting, occlusion, and care of laboratory instruments.

Prerequisite(s): With a C or higher: REA 091  or higher, or Reading Assessment into REA 112 .
Corequisite(s): DLT 101  
Information: Consent of program director is required before enrolling in this course.


Course Learning Outcomes
  1. Identify the roles and responsibilities of various members of the dental health care team.
  2. Locate, describe, and duplicate various elements of dental morphology.
  3. Identify permanent and deciduous teeth using common tooth numbering systems.
  4. Articulate dental casts using various dental articulators.
  5. Safely operate and maintain dental laboratory equipment.

Performance Objectives:
  1. Identify and explain ethics, legal aspects, jurisprudence, the history, and organization of the dental health team and dental practice.
  2. Locate, identify, and describe anatomical landmarks of the teeth and oral cavity.
  3. Identify and explain basic terminology.
  4. Locate, identify, and describe basic anatomical landmarks of the teeth, permanent dentition, and deciduous (primary) dentition.
  5. Detail the location and function of head and neck skeletal structures and musculature.
  6. Enumerate oral structures and related physiology.
  7. Sculpt a full set (1 x 32) of maxillary and mandibular teeth in soap, wax, or gypsum.
  8. Mount stone models on various types of dental articulators.
  9. Identify various types of dental articulators and detail their relative advantages and disadvantages.
  10. Locate, identify, and describe occlusal relationships (centric, protrusive, working, and balancing) and their characteristic marking on articulated models using various articulating papers.
  11. Perform maintenance and safely operate laboratory equipment and tools.

Outline:
  1. The Dental Health Care Team
    1. Ethical aspects
    2. Legal aspects
    3. History
    4. Organization
    5. Dental practice
  2. Anatomical Landmarks and Terminology
    1. Vocabulary
    2. Teeth
    3. Oral mucosa
    4. Skeletal
    5. Musculature
    6. Temporal mandibular joint
  3. Tooth Development and Landmarks
    1. Deciduous teeth
    2. Permanent teeth
    3. Tooth numbering system
  4. Tooth Sculpting
    1. Soap carving
    2. Wax carving
    3. Gypsum manipulation
  5. Articulators and Model Mounting
    1. Articulator types
      1. Fully adjustable
      2. Semi-adjustable
      3. Arcon-type
      4. Non arcon-type
      5. Hinges
      6. Disposable
    2. Modeling mounting
      1. Face bow transfer mounting
      2. Arbitrary mounting
  6. Occlusion
    1. Functional occlusion
      1. Centric
      2. Protrusive
      3. Lateral excursions
    2. Balanced occlusion
      1. Centric
      2. Protrusive
      3. Lateral excursions
      4. Working
      5. Balancing
    3. Jaw relations
      1. Centric relation
      2. Centric occlusion
      3. Vertical dimension
      4. Physiologic rest position
      5. Freeway space
      6. Compensating curves
        1. Curve of Spee
        2. Curve of Willson
    4. Classification of occlusal types
      1. Normal
      2. Prognathic
      3. Retrognathic
  7. Care of Laboratory Instruments


Effective Term:
Full Academic Year 2018/19