Hard Tissue Module 2_Alternative Animal Module

Question 1

What differences are there in sheep model and pig model?

Answer 1

• Flap raising in sheep more similar to human as tissues strip away and bone periosteum interface much denser
• Extraction: incisor teeth in sheep easy in sheep as attachment soft, and grade 2 mobility; molars more difficult than pig as roots go all the way down to lower border of mandible and continually erupting