Interactive browser-based learning tools that connect digital surveying, RPD design and clinical communication into a single educational workflow. Built to help students understand not only how to design, but why each decision is made.
Dental Apptitude has been developed by dental educators to support modern teaching and independent study. Every tool is designed to help students build confidence before applying their knowledge in the clinic or laboratory.
Interactive exercises, visual simulations and unlimited practice help students understand concepts before they're assessed.
Move revision and foundational concepts online, allowing valuable classroom and laboratory time to focus on discussion and practical skills.
Connect digital learning with hands-on practical work through realistic simulations and downloadable 3D-printable laboratory models.
The most meaningful educational resources are shaped by collaboration. Dental Apptitude is designed and maintained alongside educators and students from collaborating institutions across the United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa to support deeper understanding, encourage clinical reasoning and continually improve the learning experience. By working across institutions, we can evaluate teaching approaches, share educational practice and ensure new developments are driven by genuine educational need.
Every collaboration contributes to the ongoing
development and evaluation of Dental Apptitude,
helping to evolve the platform
in response to educational needs.
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Build fluency in core clinical knowledge, notation, and jaw classifications.
Explore malocclusion classifications. Drag the mandibular arch to simulate Class I, Class II, and Class III jaw relationships.
Master the language of the oral cavity. Explore the FDI World Dental Federation and Universal numbering charts using interactive dental arches.
Test your speed using gamified tooth identification. Race against strike counters to accurately catalog randomized tooth setups under pressure.
Educational-standard interactive RPD apps engineered for dental educators and students.
Classify partially dentate configurations using a real-time simulator.
Analyse paths of insertion and identify useable undercuts interactively.
Apply the RPD Design principles of Davenport to draft Removable Partial Denture frameworks.
Download STL files to use in the Surveyor-Designer workflow. Based and ready to 3D print for physical laboratory surveying practice.
Using Surveyor to identify usable undercuts on a maxillary Class IV model.
Undercut identification and RPD design can be challenging to teach from diagrams alone. The Surveyor tool lets students visually explore paths of insertion and select undercut postitions and locations digitally before planning the design itself.
Our Designer tool follows a structured workflow that mirrors the way removable partial dentures are taught and designed. Each stage builds on the last, helping you teach not only which component to choose, but why.
Students can systematically work through the colour coded and chronological Davenport design protocol to understand design concepts and improve their ability to plan and create biomechanically sound RPD prosthses.
Follow Davenport's recommended design sequence, guiding learners through each stage in a logical order and reinforcing a consistent approach to framework design.
Create and adapt a wide range of patient scenarios to suit your teaching. Build designs from your own clinical cases or use the included examples to support classroom learning.
Use the Design Suite to make discussions, assessment, and feedback clearer for both students and educators.
Access elite browser-based dental simulators. No hidden contracts, cancel subscriptions anytime.
Unlimited single-user access to Surveyor, Designer, Kennedy Classification tools and a growing library of printable STL teaching models.
*First month free, unsubscribe at any time.
Deploy the full suite across your cohorts based on your institution email handle.
*Billed annually. Minimum 50 seats (£500/yr).
Interactive Dental Education Suite
Dental Apptitude is a collection of interactive learning tools designed to support teaching and learning in Dentistry.
Rather than replacing textbooks or practical teaching, the aim is to help students explore concepts visually and build confidence through guided, hands-on interaction.
Every tool has been developed with a focus on simplicity, accuracy and accessibility, making them suitable for self-directed learning, classroom teaching, revision, and assessment.
Created by Chet Geisel, Senior Lecturer and Programme Director for the BSc (HONS) Dental Technology programme at Cardiff Metropolitan University, and founder of Dental Apptitude.
Dental Apptitude is an independent project that is continually being developed, with new tools and improvements added in response to feedback from students and educators.
My aim is simple: to make dental education more visual, interactive, and enjoyable, while providing practical learning resources that complement traditional teaching.
Questions, suggestions or spotted a bug?
support@dentalapptitude.comInstitutional Users: Sign up using your official university email address to claim your seat, but choose a different, unique password for account security.
Everything you need to know about the platform and institutional deployment.
No. Dental Apptitude is 100% browser-native and built on a modern serverless architecture. It runs instantly on Google Chrome, Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox across Windows, Mac, iPad, and Chromebooks without requiring any IT installation, administrative privileges, or local graphics hardware.
Our Designer workspace is built following the Davenport protocol for partial denture design. Components and associated drawing tools are colour-coded, and ordered following this protocol.
We offer friction-free pass-through authentication via Supabase. Once an institution registers a cohort tier, we whitelist the university’s specific email handle (e.g., `@university.ac.uk`). Students simply sign up using their university credentials and are instantly granted access to the whole platform. While sudents need to sign up using their university email address, we encourage the use of a different password for security.
Yes. All models available for download in our library are checked for mesh errors and fully optimized for standard dental 3D printing technologies (SLA/MSLA/DLP resins) to facilitate analogue surveying.
Yes, absolutely. There are no locking contracts, hidden fees, or minimum retention periods. You can manage your subscription or cancel your plan at any time via our Stripe-integrated Billing portal. Your access will remain fully active until the conclusion of your current cycle.
Yes. All user credentials, powered by Supabase, link to individual profiles. Users can seamlessly log into the platform from your University devices, or personal devices (laptops, tablets).
Yes. Security and data minimisation are built into the architecture. All authentication layers are handled securely via enterprise-grade Supabase protocols, and payment processing is fully tokenised through Stripe. We do not store sensitive information at all, including student records or user financial records, on our servers, and analytics cookies are strictly managed based on transparent user consent preferences.
Yes. The system is designed to be completely data-free. The only information relating to a patient is the dentition definition. Users are encouraged to manage all patient-data outside of this system accordance with their instututional guidelines. Users can save their designs as a .RPD file and return to edit it later.