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Department of Oral Biology

 .   بيولوجيا الفم والأسنان Oral Biology.1 

This course provides students with an introduction to orofacial histology and embryology from a microscopic and developmental aspect. Principles of cell structure and function are studied with particular emphasis on those concerned with head, facial region and oral cavity supplemented with slides. The aim is to provide the student with morphological basis for their future in clinical dentistry.

            The practical course includes the preparation of ground and decalcified sections and identification of different oral and dental hard and soft structures under the microscope.

            The course comprises two-hour lecture and two hours of practical sessions weekly.

 

.   التشريح الوصفى للأسنان Dental Anatomy.2

 

The basic course of dental anatomy consists of a thorough study of the nomenclature or the system of names used to describe different surfaces of tooth as well as a full description of the morphology of crown and root for each tooth in both deciduous and permanent dentition. The curriculum is designed to correlate the physiologic tooth form of the teeth with the health of the periodontium.

            The course comprises one-hour lecture and  two hours practical sessions weekly.