DENTAL TYPODONT FOR PRACTICING THE ART OF DENTISTRY

摘要

A non-human dental typodont that enables veterinarians and dental students to practice the art of veterinary dentistry. The dental typodont includes upper and lower animal jaw members having a gum section containing a plurality of spaced- apart recesses releasably receiving a corresponding plurality of teeth such as the incisor, molar and bicuspid teeth. The upper and lower jaw members simulate the jaws of a canine or feline, for example. The teeth are frictionally secured withi n the recesses. An interlock or thumbscrew mechanism is used to secure the jaws in an open or closed position.