Overview
This unit covers key topics which are foundations for preclinical and clinical study in the Oral Health Therapy Course. You will study morphology and development of teeth, basic occlusion and microscopic anatomy of oral structures including oral mucosa, alveolar processes, salivary glands and tissues of the periodontium. You will study distinct features and traits of teeth, in primary and permanent dentitions. This will enable you to identify and examine teeth, as well as develop an awareness of root morphology required for primary tooth extractions and periodontal treatment for the adult dentition. You will study the normal process of eruption and exfoliation and developmental stages to enable you to identify abnormalities in the eruption sequence. The study of dental morphology and occlusion will also provide you with an understanding of tooth shape and function which applies to the restoration of natural tooth form. Throughout this unit you will familiarise yourself with the appearance of oral structures in dental radiographs. The knowledge gained from this unit will support your study of dental caries, periodontal disease and oral mucosal diseases within ORAL11003 Oral Pathology and Diagnosis. You will be required to attend a compulsory residential school.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Condition: Students must be enrolled in CB29 Oral Health Course to enrol in this unit. Prerequisite: BIOH11005 Introductory Anatomy and Physiology Corequisite: ORAL11004 Oral Anatomy Anti requisite: Students should not be enrolled in ORAL11002 as this unit will replace ORAL11002, in part.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit evaluations
Students did not like the embryology topic but could understand why it was included.
The subject area of embryology is included in the companion units ORAL11004 and ORAL11005. These units currently overlap and more development is required to present the embryology according to its purpose in macroscopic anatomy, microscopic anatomy and dental morphology.
Feedback from Unit evaluations
Students would like to see more models and visual tools used in the lectures instead of pictures and diagrams.
The use of models in lectures will be developed further.
Feedback from In class and unit evaluations
Students enjoyed the hands-on tasks at residential school. The residential school helped the students to learn about tooth morphology.
The residential school will remain as part of the Unit.
Feedback from In class and student evaluations
Lecture notes, available in word document form as well as PDF, helped the students to learn because they could complete tables and exercises and form their own study notes.
The lecture notes will continue to be available in PDF for printing and in word document form to be modified by the student.
- Describe the stages in tooth formation, and recognise the normal sequence of tooth eruption and exfoliation.
- Identify and describe the morphology of teeth in the primary and permanent dentition.
- Identify and describe normal occlusion, its development and function.
- Describe the microscopic features of tissues and organs associated with the oral cavity.
- Communicate information regarding oral health in oral and written forms.
- Demonstrate appropriate interpersonal / team communication skills, professional attitudes and ethical behaviours as required by an Oral Health Therapist.
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
1. Describe the stages in tooth formation, and recognise the normal sequence of tooth eruption and exfoliation.
2. Identify and describe the morphology of teeth in the primary and permanent dentition.
3. Identify and describe normal occlusion, its development and function.
4. Describe the microscopic features of tissues and organs associated with the oral cavity.
5. Communicate information regarding oral health in oral and written forms.
6. Demonstrate appropriate interpersonal / team communication skills, professional attitudes and ethical behaviours as required by an Oral Health Therapist
All unit profiles in the Bachelor of Oral Health are made available to the Australian Dental Council for on-going accreditation purposes.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - In-class Test(s) - 20% | ||||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - In-class Test(s) - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Essentials of Oral Histology and Embryology A Clinical Approach.
Fifth Edition (2019)
Authors: Daniel J. Chiego, Jr.
Mosby, an Imprint of Elsevier Inc
St Louis St Louis , Missouri , USA
ISBN: 978-0-323-08256-3
Binding: Paperback
Woelfel's Dental anatomy
Ninth Edition (2017)
Authors: Rickne C. Scheid and Gabriela Weiss
Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Philadephia Philadephia , Pennsylvania , USA
ISBN: 9781496320223
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Woelfel's Dental Anatomy is the required textbook for ORAL11004 (a co-requisite unit for ORAL11005)
The fourth edition of Oral Histology and Embryology A Clinical Approach was the prescribed text in 2017. Both editions (4th and 5th) are suitable. Students will be guided to relevant chapters and pages in both editions.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
c.m.fay@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Dental Morphology:
- Basic terminology to describe tooth morphology
- Dental notation.
Chapter
Scheid and Weiss 9th Edition, Chapter 1.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Formative On-line Quiz.
Module/Topic
Morphology of the Permanent teeth:
- Permanent incisors
- Permanent canines
- Permanent premolars
- Permanent molars.
Chapter
Scheid and Weiss 9th Edition,Chapter 2-5.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Formative On-line Quiz.
Module/Topic
Morphology of teeth in the Primary Dentition:
- Incisors
- Canines
- Molars.
Chapter
Scheid and Weiss 9th Edition, Chapter 6.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Formative On-line Quiz.
Module/Topic
Periodontal anatomy for permanent teeth.
Dental anomalies.
Chapter
Scheid and Weiss 9th Edition,Chapters 7 and 11.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Formative On-line Quiz.
Module/Topic
Functional Occlusion and Malocclusion.
Chapter
Scheid and Weiss 9th Edition, Chapter 1, Section VIII and Chapter 9.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Formative On-line Quiz.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Introduction to Embryology and Microscopic Anatomy
Review the structure and function of Cells, Tissues,Organs and Organ systems.
Chapter
Chiego 5th Edition, Chapters 1,2,3 and 4.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Formative On-line Quiz.
Module/Topic
Development and eruption of teeth
- Development and growth of the teeth
- The process of tooth eruption and shedding
- Sequence of eruption and exfoliation.
Chapter
Chiego 5th Edition, Chapters 5 and 6.
Scheid and Weiss 9th Edition. Chapter 6 pages 185-192.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Formative On-line Quiz.
Module/Topic
Two-day Compulsory Residential School- Rockhampton campus:
- Teeth drawing
- Teeth carving in wax
- Creating a plaster model of a giant tooth in the prosthetic lab
- Anatomy tutorials
- Anatomy practical examination.
Chapter
Scheid and Weiss (2017) 9th Edition. Chapter 13 Guidelines for Drawing,Sketching, and Carving teeth.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Microscopic Anatomy:
- Alveolar process
- Periodontium
- Cementum.
Chapter
Chiego 5th Edition, Chapters 11 and 12.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Formative On-line Quiz.
Module/Topic
Microscopic Anatomy:
- Enamel
- Dentine.
Chapter
Chiego 5th Edition, Chapters 7 and 8.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Formative On-line Quiz.
Module/Topic
Microscopic Anatomy:
- Pulp Tissue
- Oral Mucosa
- Salivary Glands.
Chapter
Chiego 5th Edition, Chapters 9 and 10.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Formative On-line Quiz.
Practical and Written Assessment Due: Week 11 Friday (28 Sept 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Revision week
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
ORAL11004 Oral Anatomy is a co-requisite unit for ORAL11005. The required textbook for ORAL11004 ( Woelfel's Dental Anatomy by Richne C Scheid and Gabriela Weiss 9th Edition) will be used as a reference text for this unit.
1 In-class Test(s)
For this assessment you will be asked to complete one Objective Structured Clinical Examination.This test will take place during the compulsory residential school. There will be numbered stations with a range of anatomical models, teeth, radiographs and pictures. You will move from station to station at timed intervals and answer questions at each station. You will be required to identify teeth and morphological features. All questions have clinical applications for Oral Health Therapy practice and will assess learning material from weeks 1-5.
Week 8 Wednesday (5 Sept 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 10 Monday (17 Sept 2018)
The assessment will be conducted during the compulsory residential school on Wednesday 5th September. Feedback will be given directly after the assessments.
Questions will assess learning material from weeks 1-5. The majority of the questions in the exam will be based on what you must know in tooth morphology. A smaller number of questions will be challenging questions.
This examination will take place on the last day of the Residential School in the afternoon. Wednesday 5th September 2018.
The percentage of your final mark is 20%.
You must obtain a mark of at least 50% in order to pass this assessment. You must pass this assessment to pass this unit overall.
The assessment will be conducted under examination conditions and will be a closed book examination.
- Describe the stages in tooth formation, and recognise the normal sequence of tooth eruption and exfoliation.
- Identify and describe the morphology of teeth in the primary and permanent dentition.
- Identify and describe normal occlusion, its development and function.
- Communicate information regarding oral health in oral and written forms.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Practical and Written Assessment
Written and practical tasks are outlined in the Workbook for this Unit.
The practical component will be completed at residential school in week 8. The written assignment will be completed after residential school.
The practical tasks include carving a wax tooth and tooth drawing, as well as exercises in tooth morphology and identification.You will follow directions outlined in the workbook and textbook to complete a wax carving and drawing of a tooth.You will work in small groups to identify natural teeth by type, class and FDI notation.
For the written assessment you will choose one topic between a number of questions relating to the study of dental science. The questions relate to the second half of the term (weeks 6-12). You will need to research the answers to your question. Part of your assignment will be to display a diagram which will help to explain and /or answer the question.
Week 11 Friday (28 Sept 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Practical activities must be completed at the compulsory residential school. Workbooks, tooth drawings and wax carvings will be collected 5.00 pm Wednesday 5th September 2018.
Week 12 Friday (5 Oct 2018)
Workbooks will be returned at the end of week 8. Feedback and results for the practical activities will be returned Monday Week 10. Feedback and results for the written activity will be returned Friday Week 12.
The combined total of the Practical and Written Assessment is 30% of your final grade. Practical activities are worth 15%. Written assessment is worth 15%.
You must pass the written assessment and practical activities in the workbook to pass this course. The pass mark for both assessments is 50%.
The practical tasks are due at the completion of residential school. The workbook, wax carving and tooth drawing should be submitted at the completion of residential school and will be returned at the end of Week 8. The marking criteria for wax carving and tooth drawing are outlined in the workbook.
The written assessment is due Friday 28th September in Week 11. The word limit for this assignment is 1500 words. Referencing is required (APA or Harvard).
Assessment tasks submitted after the due date where an extension was not requested or where sound reasons were not given by the student for a late request are deducted a penalty of five per cent or equivalent of the total available marks for the assessment for each calendar day (full or part) it is overdue.
- Describe the stages in tooth formation, and recognise the normal sequence of tooth eruption and exfoliation.
- Identify and describe the morphology of teeth in the primary and permanent dentition.
- Identify and describe normal occlusion, its development and function.
- Describe the microscopic features of tissues and organs associated with the oral cavity.
- Communicate information regarding oral health in oral and written forms.
- Demonstrate appropriate interpersonal / team communication skills, professional attitudes and ethical behaviours as required by an Oral Health Therapist.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
Examination
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
