This guide is designed as a starting point for faculty to locate open educational resources for use in VCU health sciences courses. Faculty are invited to explore these resources as a way to gain familiarity with OER and to identify potential materials for use in their courses. Just as they evaluate traditional textbooks, faculty are encouraged to evaluate these resources to determine whether they might be a good fit for their courses.
Gridi-Papp, M. (2018). Comparative Oral ENT Biology. University of the Pacific. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/open-textbooks/4
Comparative Oral+ENT Biology is designed for a semester-long course taken by undergraduate students who are preparing for careers in dentistry, medicine, veterinary, audiology, speech pathology or evolutionary biology. It explores the mouth, ears, nose and throat of humans and animals discussing their evolution, development, function, and some common clinical issues. The text provides a broad background through an integrative and organismal perspective. It crosses the boundaries of disciplines, anatomical regions and professions to present structures and mechanisms within an evolutionary context. This textbook is richly illustrated with images made available at Wikimedia Commons. It contains materials from and links to several sources of Open Education Resources.
Aboubakr, S., et al. (Eds.). (2023). StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430685/?term=dental%20OR%20dentist*
The intent of StatPearls review books and articles is to identify knowledge deficits and assist you in the learning process. Review books and articles are not intended to be a source of the knowledge base of medicine. The authors and editors do not warrant the information is complete or accurate. The reader is encouraged to verify content and questions in several references. All drug indications and dosages should be verified before administration. The search string “dental OR dentist*” isolates articles related to dentistry.
Sheldahl, L., & Yapp, R. A. (2020). Histology and Embryology for Dental Hygiene. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/histology-and-embryology-for-dental-hygiene
This eBook makes use of animated images to focus on concepts in histology and embryology, as well as hyperlinks to promote non-linear reading and learning. It is aimed at college students in a dental hygienist program.
Eddin Omar Al Ostwani, A. (Ed.). (2019). Gingival Disease: A Professional Approach for Treatment and Prevention. IntechOpen. https://www.intechopen.com/books/7060
Gingival diseases interact with many systemic disturbances and can adversely affect a person's quality of life. Therefore an accurate diagnosis with successful treatment and prevention is necessary to mitigate negative consequences and improve the outcome of dental therapy. This book uncovers the hidden causes of many recurrent gingival and oral illnesses, and helps guide the dental professional to diagnosis. By highlighting the importance of gingival treatment and prevention, and then discussing the correlation between gingival and systemic diseases through an academic and professional approach, the book provides the dental practitioner with precise information for treating and managing difficult cases related to systemic diseases. This volume will help both the dentist and the patient to be more satisfied with dental and gingival therapy.
Bayne, S. (2009, March 6). Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics (CRSE) Materials [Text]. OpenMichigan. https://open.umich.edu/find/open-educational-resources/dentistry/cariology-restorative-sciences-endodontics-crse-materials
Dr. Stephen Bayne's course on dental materials, including gold alloys, composites, amalgams, glass ionomers, ceramics, waxes, etc. for operative dentistry, fixed and removable prosthodontics.
Guenther, M. (2009, June 10). Patient Communication Skills. OpenMichigan. https://open.umich.edu/find/open-educational-resources/dentistry/patient-communication-skills
The materials in this resource represent a curriculum for teaching effective patient communication to dentistry students. These techniques could be useful for other healthcare providers, as well: medical students, nursing students, public health providers, and in-practice health care providers.
Cheng, D., & Franklin, M. (2014a). DEH1720 Preventative Dentistry—Florida State College at Jacksonville. SkillsCommons Repository. https://www.skillscommons.org/handle/taaccct/2962
This course is designed to provide the theoretical and experiential foundations essential for teaching the primary and secondary prevention of oral diseases to the public. Course content will include concepts of health and wellness; theories of teaching, learning and motivation; research analysis as it applies to evidence-based practice; biologic and lifestyle threats to oral health and the identification of scientifically sound self-care methods for counteracting these threats. Throughout this course, the frontline role of the dental hygienist is the primary and secondary prevention of oral diseases in a private dental practice setting will be addressed.
Cheng, D., & Wampler, C. (2013). DES2710 Nutrition—Florida State College at Jacksonville. SkillsCommons Repository. https://www.skillscommons.org/handle/taaccct/2999
A study of general nutrition and nutritional biochemistry with emphasis on the effects of nutrition and dental health, diet, and the application of counseling strategies to assist the patient in attaining and maintaining optimum oral health.
Tenison, B., Weaver, W., & Yoshioka, L. (2014b). Head and Teeth Animation—Wallace State Community College—Hanceville. SkillsCommons Repository. https://www.skillscommons.org/handle/taaccct/3116
Body System with labeled parts. New Language: This 3-D model requires a Windows operating system or running Windows on Mac. After downloading and extracting the ZIP file, open the “HeadandTeeth” file with the icon that looks like a 3-D box and press “Play!” in the dialog box that appears in order to open the 3-D model of the head and teeth with muscle, nerve, teeth and bone layers.
If these resources aren’t exactly what you’re looking for, you can try searching in some of the repositories and aggregators listed on this guide’s homepage.
You can also reach out to your program’s liaison librarian or to the Open Educational Resources Librarian. Your librarians can help you identify resources or discuss the possibility of customizing or creating resources to better fit your needs.
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