Los dientes humanos son similares morfologica e histologicamente a los de algunos mamiferos, pero los dientes bovinos presentan algunas caracteristicas especiales como son: la composicion histologica y su forma anatomica, que entre otras caracteristicas, los hacen ideales para su utilizacion como sustitutos de los dientes humanos en investigaciones sobre materiales dentales. Abstract A review of the literature is presented on the use of bovine teeth as substitutes for human teeth. Morphologically and histologically some mammal teeth are similar to those of humans among which bovine teeth present some special characteristics which include their histological composition and their anatomical form among others which make them ideal for their use as substitutes of human teeth studies on dental materials.