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Syllabus
Oral Biology course includes instructions in the subject of Dental
Morphology, Oral Embryology, Oral Histology and Oral Physiology.
I. TOOTH MORPHOLOGY
1. Introduction to tooth morphology: Human dentition, types of
teeth, function, Palmer’s and binomial notation systems, tooth
surfaces, their junctions—line angles and point angles, definition of
terms used in dental morphology, geometric concepts in tooth
morphology, contact areas and embrasures—clinical significance.
2. Morphology of permanent teeth: Description of individual teeth,
including a note on their chronology of development, differences
between similar class of teeth and identification of individual teeth.
3. Morphology of deciduous teeth: Generalized differences between
deciduous and permanent teeth. Description of individual deciduous
teeth, including their chronology of development.
4. Occlusion
II. ORAL EMBRYOLOGY
1. Brief review of development of face, jaws, lip, palate, and
tongue, with applied aspects.
2. Development of teeth: Detailed study of different stages of
development of crown, root and supporting tissues of tooth and
detailed study of formation of calcified tissues. Applied aspects of
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disorders in development of teeth.
3. Eruption of deciduous and permanent teeth: Mechanisms in tooth
eruption, different theories and histology of eruption, formation of
dentogingival junction, role of gubernacular cord in eruption of
permanent teeth.
4. Shedding of teeth: Mechanisms of shedding of deciduous teeth.
Complications of shedding.
III. ORAL HISTOLOGY
1. Detailed microscopic study of enamel, dentin, cementum and
pulp tissue: Age changes.
2. Detailed microscopic study of periodontal ligament and alveolar
bone: Age changes, histological changes in periodontal ligament.
3. Detailed microscopic study of oral mucosa: Variation in structure
in relation to functional requirements, mechanisms of keratinization
clinical parts of gingiva, dentogingival and mucocutaneous junctions
and lingual papillae and age changes.
4. Salivary glands: Detailed microscopic study of acini and ductal
system.
5. TM joint: Review of basic anatomical aspects and microscopic
study.
6. Maxillary sinus: Microscopic study, functions and clinical
relevance of maxillary sinus in dental practice.
7. Processing of hard and soft tissues for microscopic study:
Ground sections, decalcified sections and routine staining
procedures.
IV. ORAL PHYSIOLOGY
1. Saliva: Composition of saliva—formation of saliva and mechanisms
of secretion, functions of saliva.
2. Mastication: Masticatory force, need for mastication, peculiarities
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