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Phantomkurs (phantom head course)

The Phantomkurs is the practical course in which dental students treat a phantom head — a model with a realistic jaw and interchangeable teeth. It sits between the technical foundation course and your first treatment on a patient.

Greek phántasma = apparition, illusion

Phantomkurs I and II, simulation course

phantom head course

The phantom head is a simulation model with a movable jaw and interchangeable teeth, mounted on a real treatment unit. You practise cavity preparation, restorative treatment, crown preparation and root canal treatment.

At smaller faculties with groups of around ten students, there is considerably more time at the phantom workstation than at large universities — in a hands-on subject, that makes a real difference.

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