# DEN100 Dental Anatomy

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**Last Updated:** 2026-10-14T21:39:25+00:00

**College:** College of Health Science

**Department:** Dental Assisting

**Credit Hours:** 3.00

**Prerequisites:** None

**Corequisites:** None

**Course Description:**

This course will introduce the student to dental head and neck anatomy and physiology. The focus of this course will include dental terminology related to oral anatomy. Tooth morphology and overview of the dentition is taught at the in-depth level. Students will learn the human skull, including landmarks of the skull, face and oral cavity, bones of the head, and the temporomandibular joint. The musculature, nerves and vascular circulation of the head and neck will be studied. The students will study tooth embryology, histology, structure, components of the periodontium, and systems of tooth identification.

## Programs offering this course

- [Dental Assisting (AAS)](https://www.ecpi.edu/programs/dental-assistant-school-dental-assistant-associate-degree)

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