title: Educational material of dental anatomy applied to study the morphology of permanent teeth.
abstract: The purpose of this report is to present educational material that would allow the dental student to learn to easily identify the morphologic characteristics of permanent teeth, and how they fit together (occlusion). In order to do this, macro models of permanent teeth with no attrition were carved in wax and later molded with alginate. These molds were filled with plaster, dental stone and/or cold-cured acrylic resin. The large individual dental stone tooth models were mounted on a wax base, thus obtaining maxillary and mandibular arches which were occluded. These dental arches were molded with plaster or dental stone. The authors suggest that these types of macro models allow an excellent visualization of the morphologic characteristics of permanent teeth and occlusion. Dental students are able to carve the permanent dentition in wax with great facility when they can observe macro models.
authors.affiliation: Department of Morphology, Stomatology and Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Selma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siéssere
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vitti
authors.forename: Luiz Gustavo
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Semprini
authors.forename: Simone Cecílio Hallak
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Regalo
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000464:Alginates; D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D002133:Calcium Sulfate; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003760:Dental Impression Materials; D003761:Dental Impression Technique; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D004497:Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D003765:Models, Dental; D009811:Odontometry; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014070:Tooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D019237:Tooth Cervix / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D019228:Tooth Crown / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014885:Waxes
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000464:Alginates; D003760:Dental Impression Materials; D014885:Waxes; D002133:Calcium Sulfate