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T/F Class II division II malocclusion is often associated with deep overbite.
True
An open bite can exist even if the anterior incisors are touching edge to edge.
True
An overjet is often the result of severely protruded maxillary incisors.
True
Retruded teeth are inclined lingually.
True
If first molars are missing in a permanent dentition, occlusion cannot be determined.
False; canines can be used
In acromegaly the growth of the maxilla is greater than that of the mandible.
False; the mandible's growth exceeds the maxillae
Match the terms with the corresponding phrases:
a. leeway space d. Primate space
b. occlusion e. alignment
c. diastemas f. centric occlusion
7. The arrangement of the teeth in a row.
8. The extra space that the deciduous canines and molars occupy and that saves room for the
eruption of the permanent teeth
9. The diastemas next to the deciduous canines
10. The spaces between teeth
11. The relationship of the upper teeth to the lower teeth when the teeth are closed together
12. Affords the greater interdigitation of the teeth when the jaws are closed
7. e. alignment
8. a. leeway space
9. d. primate space
10. c. diastemas