TOPIC: VENOUS AND LYMPHATIC SUPPLY OF HEAD & NECK 🔍 VENOUS DRAINAGE OF HEAD & NECK 1. Overview 🔹Veins are valveless, interconnected, and accompany arteries. 🔹Classified into: Superficial veins...
TOPIC: MUSCLES OF HEAD AND NECK – Concise Notes 📌 INTRODUCTION 🔹The muscles of the head and neck perform crucial roles: facial expression, mastication, speech, swallowing, and neck movements...
TOPIC: TRIANGLES OF THE NECK – Concise Notes 📌 INTRODUCTION 🔺The neck is divided into triangles for anatomical understanding and surgical reference. 🔺Two main triangles: Anterior triangle Posterior...
TOPIC: Arterial supply of the Head and Neck 🔎 INTRODUCTION The head and neck receive rich arterial blood supply from branches of the common carotid arteries and subclavian arteries. Major arteries:...
HEAD AND NECK IMPORTANT QUICK NOTES 🔍 INTRODUCTION: The head and neck region houses vital exocrine and endocrine glands that regulate saliva, hormones, tears, and more. These glands are important not...
TOPIC: BASIC INTRODUCTION OF HUMAN BODY ⭐ PRACTICE QUESTION & ANSWER 1. Which of the listed terms is described by: “All the chemical processes that take place in the organelles and cytoplasm of...
TOPIC: ENZYMES 📌 PRACTICE QUESTION AND ANSWER Q.1. What are enzymes? Ans. Enzymes are biocatalysts, which are heat-labile, soluble proteins produced by living cells and are highly specific in their...
TOPIC: BIOLOGIC OXIDATION 📌 PRACTICE QUESTION AND ANSWER Q.1. What is oxidation? Ans. Oxidation is defined as the addition of O2 or removal of hydrogens or removal of electrons. Q.2. What is meant by...
TOPIC: CARBOHYDRATES ⭐ PRACTICE QUESTION & ANSWER Q.1. What are carbohydrates? Ans. Carbohydrates are organic substances containing C, H and O. Hydrogen atoms are present usually in the ratio of...
– Conceptual + viva-ready – I. Introduction to Dental Pulp 🔸Soft connective tissue in the center of the tooth 🔸Located in pulp chamber (crown) and root canal 🔸Embryological origin: Central cells of...
TOPIC: AMELOGENESIS, HA CRYSTALS & ENAMEL RODS 🔺Amelogenesis — the process by which enamel, the hardest tissue in the human body, is formed. 🔺The amelogenesis is a tightly regulated, multi-phase...
TOPIC: HISTOPHYSIOLOGY & MOLECULAR INSIGHTS 🔍 What is Histophysiology? 🔸It is the study of tissue structure (histology) along with function (physiology). 🔸In tooth development, it refers to how...
TOPIC: TOOTH DEVELOPMENT & OSTEOGENESIS REVISION NOTES 👉 Tooth development is a highly organized and complex biological process that starts early in embryonic life. It involves a series of...
QUICK REVISION NOTES 📌 Introduction to Osteology 🔸Osteology is the study of bones, which make up the skeletal system. 🔸The adult human skeleton has 206 bones. 🔸These bones are categorized into two...
TOPIC: CLASSIFICATION OF TEETH BASED ON THEIR NORMAL POSITION 📌 KEY POINTS FOR COMPLETE HUMAN DENTITION 🔷 DENTITION: Refers to all the teeth present in the mouth. 🔷 TWO SETS OF DENTITION Types of...
Spillway Spaces (Interproximal Spaces/Embrasures) 📌 QUICK NOTES: 🔹 Spillway spaces are triangular-shaped spaces adjacent to the contact areas of teeth. 🔹 Spillway spaces, also known as interproximal...
REPARATIVE DENTIN 📌 QUICK NOTES: Reparative dentin, also known as tertiary dentin, is formed in response to external stimuli such as trauma, caries, attrition, or dental procedures. It is produced by...
DENTAL ANATOMY, EMBRYOLOGY AND ORAL HISTOLOGY 🔎 Long Essay Q. Write an essay about tooth development. Add a note on histological and morphological differentiation of odontogenesis. Ans. 📌 Tooth...
TOPIC: FINISHING AND CEMENTATION 🎯 KEY POINTS: 🔹In Chronic Xerostomic patient, cervical caries and periodontitis are prime reasons for FPD failure. 🔹Beilby layer is a microscopic surface layer...
TOPIC: INSERTION, RELINING AND REBASING 🎯 KEY POINTS: 🔹Lost wax technique was first used in casting of alloys by W.H. Taggart (1906). 🔹Gypsum-bonded investment material is used for casting gold...
TOPIC: OCCLUSION RELATIONSHIP 🎯 KEY POINTS 🔹Group function is characterized by contact of all teeth on the working side and no contact on the balancing side during lateral excursions. 🔹Maximum limit...
TOPIC: PROVISIONAL RESTORATION 🎯 KEY POINTS: 🔹Indirect technique is preferred over direct technique to fabricate provisional restoration for its accuracy and protection of pulp, in case acrylic resin...
TOPIC: IMPRESSIONS IN FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE 🎯 KEY POINTS: 🔸Electrosurgical procedure for impression making is contraindicated in patients with pacemakers. 🔸Epinephrine should be avoided in patients...
TOPIC: CLINICAL CROWN PREPARATION IN FPD 🎯 KEY POINTS: 🔺Functional cusp bevel is given on the lingual inclines of the maxillary lingual cusps and buccal inclines of the mandibular buccal cusps...
