M2-L2: Basic Dental Subjects

Question 1

The basic dental subjects will be covered from the ___ year up to the ___ year of DMD.

Answer 1

2nd year - 4th year

Question 2

Dental courses are divided into three:

Answer 2

Basic Dental Courses
Dental Courses (Pre-clinical)
Dental Courses (Clinical)

Question 3

Morphology of deciduous and permanent dentition (macroscopic or gross structure of the human teeth), their alignment and relationships
with supporting structures.

Answer 3

Oral Anatomy

Question 4

Study of the microscopic structures of oral/dental tissues and their embryonic development.

Answer 4

Oral Histology and Embryology

Question 5

Oral Histology and Embryology is the study of the ___________ structures of oral/dental tissues and their embryonic development.

Answer 5

Microscopic

Question 6

Oral Histology and Embryology is the study of the microscopic structures of oral/dental tissues and their _________ development.

Answer 6

Embryonic

Question 7

Study of the physical and chemical
properties of metallic and non-
metallic materials used in Dentistry,
including the manipulation and uses
of the different dental materials, and
the different variables that affect the
properties of the dental materials.

Answer 7

Dental Materials

Question 8

Diagnosis, etiology, microbiology,
classification, prevention and
management of dental caries in
individuals and populations.

Answer 8

Cardiology

Question 9

Cariology is the diagnosis, etiology, microbiology, classification, prevention and management of ______ ______ in individuals and populations.

Answer 9

Dental caries

Question 10

Aseptic protocols that prevent spread of contaminants and infectious substances from patients to patients and patients to dental staff.

Answer 10

Infection Control

Question 11

Study of oro-facial mechanisms &
dynamic interrelationships among dental, neuromuscular and TMJ as they influence establishment of functional occlusion, mastication, deglutition and speech.

Answer 11

Oral Physiology and Occlusion

Question 12

Oral physiology and occlusion deals with the physiology of the Human Masticatory Apparatus (_____________ system) and occlusion.

Answer 12

Stomatognathic

Question 13

Structures involved in speech,
tasting; and in the receiving,
chewing, and swallowing of food.

Answer 13

Stomatognathic System

Question 14

Deals with diseases and abnormalities afflicting oral and dental tissues as well as several systemic diseases that present oral lesions as part of their pathology.

Answer 14

Oral Pathology 1