This skull model depicts a male with a severe malformation of the left skull half with a cleft jaw and palate. The one-part skull has 29 teeth and is natural cast. High-quality original casts Skull...
In SOMSO-Plast®. Site and date of find: Mauer (south-east of Heidelberg Germany) 1907. Age: Middle Pleistocene approx. 500000 - 600000 years. In one piece.
Answers to the procurement and technical questions lab coordinators ask most — manufacturer comparisons, replacement parts, lead times, bulk ordering, and model identification.
Yes — it's a specialty pathology model depicting a severe left-side skull malformation with cleft jaw and palate, built for teaching craniofacial anomalies rather than standard dental/oral anatomy. Order this specifically for oral surgery, craniofacial, or pathology-focused instruction; it's not a substitute for a general dentition or jaw model in an intro course
QS 19/73 is a standalone mandible cast sold on its own. The QS 8- and QS 9-prefixed maxilla/mandible pieces are individual components matched to specific skull series (the QS 8 and QS 9 multi-part skull lines) — meaning they're designed to replace or supplement a piece within that particular skull model, not to be ordered as a generic standalone jaw. Confirm which skull series you own before ordering a QS 8- or QS 9-prefixed replacement part
These are paleoanthropology/comparative anatomy specimens (e.g., the Homo heidelbergensis jaw from the Mauer site) rather than standard dental teaching tools. They're used in physical anthropology, human evolution, or comparative morphology coursework — not typically stocked for a dental hygiene or oral anatomy program.
These correspond to different configurations within SOMSO's 14-part and 18-part skull series (the same numbering used for the cervical-vertebra and muscles-of-mastication combination models covered in the spine and muscular collections). If you're replacing a single maxilla or mandible piece, match the exact QS 8 sub-series number to your existing skull model — the pieces aren't universally interchangeable across the whole QS 8 family.
Often yes for extraction-practice models built with individually seated teeth, but confirm with us using the exact model number — not all dentition models are designed with easily replaceable individual teeth versus a fixed cast arch.
Extraction-practice models are built with teeth seated in a way that allows repeated practice removal (for oral surgery, dental, or EMS training), while a standard skull model's teeth are typically fixed for anatomical display only. Don't order a display skull expecting it to hold up to repeated extraction practice.
This varies by specific piece — confirm on the individual product listing whether roots, the mandibular canal, or nerve pathways are represented, since the model number alone doesn't indicate the level of internal detail included.
Lower-volume specialty items (cleft-palate pathology models, hominid jaw reproductions) typically carry longer production timelines than standard classroom dentition models. Confirm current lead time on the specific item before committing to a semester or funding deadline.
Yes — we regularly build combined quotes spanning dental, skull, and head-and-neck collections so a full craniofacial anatomy lab setup ships together under one purchase order.
Yes — we support repair and assessment for SOMSO anatomical models generally, including dental and jaw models purchased elsewhere. If a tooth, articulation point, or removable section has been damaged, contact us for an assessment before assuming full replacement is necessary. Review our Repair and Warranty Support here.
Model numbers are typically stamped on the piece itself (QS-prefixed for SOMSO skull-series components, S-prefixed for hominid specimens, or a 3B model number). If unreadable, send us photos showing the piece and which skull series it appears to belong to, and we can help narrow it to the matching model.
