Course Description

牙體形態學課程提供學生有關解剖與形態特徵之知識，並思考其形態特徵之生理功能意義，進而在臨床治療個別牙齒時，能維護及復健咀嚼系統之完整性，為各牙科臨床科目之重要基礎課程．

The course of Dental Morphology provides the student with knowledge in the morphological characteristics of the teeth and related oral structures upon which a functional concept of intra-arch relationships may be based for the clinical application to patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and oral rehabilitation.

Course Objectives 

能辨識及敘述牙齒之形態、特徵與功能意義，並能應用於臨床診斷與治療．

Course Conents 

１．牙齒形態相關名辭術語之定義與敘述

２．牙齒號碼系統之介紹

３．牙齒之顎間關係與生理功能形態之考慮

４．恒齒形態之辨識與差異之比較

５．乳齒形態之辨識與差異之比較

６．恒齒與乳齒之比較

７．牙髓腔形態

８．牙齒之萌出、排列與咬合

９．牙體形態學與各牙科臨床科目之相關

１０．牙科人類學與演化發育之探討

Required Textbook

1.Woelfel, J.B. and Scheid, R.C: Dental Anatomy--Its Relevance to Dentistry, ed. 6, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2002.　 2.Jordan, R.E. and Abrams, L.: Kraus' Dental Anatomy and Occlusion, ed. 2, Mosby Year Book, St. Louis,1992. 3.Ash, M.M.and Nelson, S.J.: Wheeler's Dental Anatomy, Physiology and Occlusion, ed. 8, W.B. Saunders Co., 2003.

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