Dental Pain, How Does it Happen?

This presentation provides an overview of the organization of the brain and spinal cord, cranial nerves, branches, structure and their functions. Participants will trace and understand motor and sensory pathways and integrate this knowledge into clinical situations in dentistry.

Dr. Ahmad teaches anatomy courses to dental, dental hygiene graduate students. Additional responsibilities include advising and mentoring students. She has received several teaching awards. Ahmad has many research interests including educational research, head and neck anatomy and salivary research. She received her Ph.D. in 2005 in Anatomy and Cell Biology from University of Illinois at Chicago. She joined the university in 2012.