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Contemporary Strategies for Teaching Internal Anatomy of Teeth

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The importance of preclinical training in endodontics has been well established in the literature for endodontic education. Its primary purpose is to introduce students to cognitive and psychomotor skills related to the morphology and spatial and functional relationships of human dentition. The aim of this chapter is to describe different models to teach the internal anatomy of the teeth in distinct levels of the education curriculum in endodontics.

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  1. Endodontic Program, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Bettina Basrani D.D.S., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Restorative Dentistry, Dental School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Marco A. Versiani D.D.S., M.Sc., Ph.D.

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  1. University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

    Marco A. Versiani

  2. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Bettina Basrani

  3. University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

    Manoel D. Sousa-Neto

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Basrani, B., Versiani, M.A. (2019). Contemporary Strategies for Teaching Internal Anatomy of Teeth. In: Versiani, M., Basrani, B., Sousa-Neto, M. (eds) The Root Canal Anatomy in Permanent Dentition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73444-6_14

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