Oral Anatomy and Terminology

Course overview

The first step to providing proper dental care to our patients is learning to identify normal oral anatomy and terminology. This lecture describes the normal oral, skull, and tooth anatomy. We need to be able to determine what healthy periodontium is, know the number of tooth roots, and the normal structure of the head and mouth are. Using the Triadan tooth numbering system and directional terminology of the mouth will help you to be able to perform more efficient dental charting. This lecture includes an introduction to charting and preparing for the dental cleaning. One will learn proper terminology and charting techniques along with being comfortable with the anatomy of the mouth, skull, and teeth.