ABOUT

Are you a dental morphology and dental function enthusiasts? The TOOTH workshop is conceived for you, whether you are passionate with human or any other mammal dentition, whether you are a zoologist or a dentist, whether you are a graduate student or a junior scientist, whether the University of Zurich is your main quartier or you come from far away.

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The Training OFA static and OFA dynamic Techniques, Hands-on (TOOTH) workshop can be seen as a two-part workshop based on its contents.

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The first day (14th of September 2021) is dedicated to moulding, casting and scanning techniques to create replicas of the dental remains. It can be attended only in presence by a maximum of 10 participants, and it is suitable especially for beginners. If you routinely take dental impressions you may want to skip the first day and register for the second part of the workshop (15th to 17th of September 2021).

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The second to fourth days of the TOOTH workshop will be dedicated to learning concepts of dental function and put in practice the theory using specifically conceived training sheets before practicing the OFA static and dynamic protocols. To benefit from this hands-on training, it is necessary for you to have previous knowledge on dental morphology and associated terminology. Previous experience in 3D imaging techniques or CAD is strongly recommended for the second part of the course since it makes intense use of CAD software. This part of the TOOTH workshop can be attended both in person or online, by a maximum of 20 participants. However, for the online participation we will give priority to graduate students coming from low-income Countries or from overseas.

Whether you will be sitting in the room with us at the Irchel Campus, University of Zurich, or anywhere else in the World, you will need to work on a CAD-suitable machine. Computers will not be provided to the participants. If you attend online you have to make sure that you have fast and stable internet connection.