PA EFDA FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
RESOURCE
●● Class 2 Decay
Answer: Posterior interproximal cavities
●● Class 3 Decay
Answer: Anterior interproximal cavities
●● Class 4 Decay
Answer: Anterior interproximal cavities involving the incisal angle
●● Class 5 Decay
Answer: Smooth surface cavities, near gumline
●● Class 6 Decay
Answer: Cavities or abrasions involving the a branded incisal edge or
the occlusion surface
●● Apex
Answer: At or near the end of the root
,●● Apical Foramen
Answer: opening in the end if the tooth through which nerve and blood
vessels enter. may be more than one opening at end if root
●● bifurcated
Answer: when there are two roots on one tooth
●● buccal groove
Answer: linear depression forming a groove that extends from the
middle of the buccal surface to the occlusal surface of the tooth
●● Cingulum
Answer: A convex area on the lingual surface of the anterior teeth near
the gingiva
●● cusp
Answer: pointed or rounded mound on the crown
●● Cusp of Carabelli
Answer: The fifth supplemental cusp found on the lingual to the
mesiolingual cusp of most maxillary 1st molars
, ●● Developmental Groove
Answer: Groove formed by the uniting of loves during development of
the crown of the tooth
●● Fissure
Answer: developmental Groove resulting from an imperfect union where
lobes come together
●● Fossa
Answer: shallow rounded or angular depression
●● Furcation
Answer: dividing point of a multi-rooted tooth
●● lobes
Answer: separate parts that come together to form a tooth; in molars-
become cusps
●● Mamelons
Answer: 3 bulges on the incisal edge of newly erupted central incisor;
disappear from normal wear
●● Marginal ridge
CORRECT ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
RESOURCE
●● Class 2 Decay
Answer: Posterior interproximal cavities
●● Class 3 Decay
Answer: Anterior interproximal cavities
●● Class 4 Decay
Answer: Anterior interproximal cavities involving the incisal angle
●● Class 5 Decay
Answer: Smooth surface cavities, near gumline
●● Class 6 Decay
Answer: Cavities or abrasions involving the a branded incisal edge or
the occlusion surface
●● Apex
Answer: At or near the end of the root
,●● Apical Foramen
Answer: opening in the end if the tooth through which nerve and blood
vessels enter. may be more than one opening at end if root
●● bifurcated
Answer: when there are two roots on one tooth
●● buccal groove
Answer: linear depression forming a groove that extends from the
middle of the buccal surface to the occlusal surface of the tooth
●● Cingulum
Answer: A convex area on the lingual surface of the anterior teeth near
the gingiva
●● cusp
Answer: pointed or rounded mound on the crown
●● Cusp of Carabelli
Answer: The fifth supplemental cusp found on the lingual to the
mesiolingual cusp of most maxillary 1st molars
, ●● Developmental Groove
Answer: Groove formed by the uniting of loves during development of
the crown of the tooth
●● Fissure
Answer: developmental Groove resulting from an imperfect union where
lobes come together
●● Fossa
Answer: shallow rounded or angular depression
●● Furcation
Answer: dividing point of a multi-rooted tooth
●● lobes
Answer: separate parts that come together to form a tooth; in molars-
become cusps
●● Mamelons
Answer: 3 bulges on the incisal edge of newly erupted central incisor;
disappear from normal wear
●● Marginal ridge