title: A preclinical dental trauma teaching module.
abstract: A dental trauma exercise using the anterior segment of a sheep mandible as a model has been incorporated into the undergraduate dental programme at the University of Adelaide since 2011. Students are required to replant a simulated tooth avulsion, reposition a laterally luxated tooth injury and then apply a flexible splint consisting of 40 lb fishing nylon attached with a resin-modified glass ionomer cement, GC Fuji Ortho LC. The exercise concludes with the simple removal of the splint with a spoon excavator. The acrylic mounted formalin-fixed sheep mandible is reusable, which has obvious economic and practical advantages.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marriot-Smith
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: Geoffrey Sinclair
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Heithersay
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000818:Animals; D001840:Dental Bonding; D004497:Education, Dental; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D019279:Resin Cements; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D019279:Resin Cements
keywords: dental education; dental traumatology; splinting