References for Dental Students

Restorative & Prosthodontics

Style Italiano: Aesthetic dental restorations, with many high quality, step-by-step photos and useful techniques for working with composite.
Removable Prosthodontics curriculum at Dalhousie University. Their prosthodontics manuals are very detailed. They also have an excellent YouTube channel with a detailed tutorial on complete denture fabrication.

Oral Surgery

As of February 1, 2017 Dental Trauma Guide is now a paid resource. However, there is a free PDF version of their 2012 guidelines available here from the International Association of Dental Traumatology. Dental Trauma Guide – Treatment guidelines for trauma to primary and permanent dentition. The Trauma Pathfinder is particularly useful (requires Adobe Flash)
Maxillofacial section of AO Surgery Reference – surgical topics covering four anatomical areas: skull base & cranial vault, midface, dentoalveolar trauma, and mandible.
AAOMS Guide to Suturing – Online version and downloadable PDF (4.5 MB) are available.
LacerationRepair.com videos on various suture techniques. These are shown on skin, but the techniques would be basically the same intra-orally.
Bloody Tooth Guy on Instagram @bloodytoothguy and Snapchat @bloodytooth.guy – Oral surgeon in the USA who posts videos of various procedures, including wisdom teeth extractions and impacted canine exposure. He’s not kidding when he says BLOODY so this account is not for the faint of heart.

Radiology

Dr. G’s Toothpix: Dr. Gonzalez, a radiologist, shares and explains interesting radiographs
Oral Radiology Differential Diagnosis from UCLA. Plug in the clinical and radiographic features of the lesion into this program and it will spit out a Ddx list. Now if only there was a similar program for soft tissue lesions!
Set Up my FMS – a free iPad app by the University of Toronto to help students learn how to mount radiographs properly.

Pathology

Clinical Differential Diagnosis of Oral Mucosal Lesions – Interactive decision tree
OPRM Atlas of Oral Pathology from the University of Iowa. There are also cases of soft tissue lesions and osseous lesions that you can work through by yourself for practice
Oral Disease Picture Gallery from the University of Iowa
Pictures of Lips, Oral Cavity and Throat disorders plus much more
Oral Pathology Case of the Month from the University of Washington School of Dentistry

Paediatric Dentistry

American Association of Paediatric Dentistry (AAPD) Clinical Practice Guidelines

Anatomy & Histology

Head & Neck anatomy tutorials and self-quiz with cadaver prosections
Oral Histology slides from University of Iowa
Electronic Histology Slide Box from McGill University. The site allows you to zoom in and move the image around, as you could with a physical microscope. Click here for the accompanying lab manual. Great resource for general (non-oral) histology.

Ethics

Dental Ethical Dilemmas from Texas Dental Journal. Each scenario asks “What Would You Do?” and provides insightful discussion.

Blogs by Dental Students

Mouthing Off (ASDAblog.com): the official blog of the American Student Dental Association (ASDA). Posts focus on student life at dental school and issues pertaining to dentistry.
Please comment below if you would like your blog to be added to the list!

Last updated June 2017.