DAA EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Using the international system notation, which tooth number is the permanent tooth
which is located third form the midline in the mandibular left quadrant?
a. #22
b. #27
c. #33
d. #45 - ✔✔3-3
Quadrant 3 tooth 3
✔✔ Which of the following is true regarding the maxillary 1st molar? a. Erupts at both 6
years of age
b. Is considered a succedaneous tooth
c. A&B only
d. The crown is wider mesiodistally than buccolingually
e. A, B, & D - ✔✔Erupts at both 6 years of age
✔✔The proximal contact areas between the anterior teeth are incisal to the middle third
ofthe teeth. Which of the following is an exception to the rule? a. The distal contact of
the maxillary canine
b. The mesial contact of the maxillary canine
c. The mesial contact of the maxillary lateral
d. The mesial contact of the mandibular lateral - ✔✔The distal contact of the maxillary
canine
✔✔Mandibular 1st premolar erupts at about what age?
a. 10-12 yrs
b. 12-14 yrs
c. 14-16 yrs
d. 16-18 yrs
e. None of the above - ✔✔10-12 yrs
✔✔Which of the following are true?
a. Open contacts can cause food impaction
, b. Teeth will always correct themselves if the contact wears
c. Tooth contacts are always closer to the cervical than the incisal d. Tooth contacts are
always narrower in the posterior - ✔✔Open contacts can cause food impaction
✔✔Of the following structures, these normally found on the lingual crown surface of the
permanent mandibular incisors are:
a. Mamelons
b. Oblique ridges
c. Triangular ridges
d. Transverse ridges
e. Marginal ridges - ✔✔Marginal Ridges
✔✔In the ideal intercuspal position, which of the following pairs of teeth do not contact:
a. The maxillary 1st premolar and the mandibular 2nd premolar
b. The maxillary 1st molar and the mandibular 2nd premolar
c. The maxillary 2nd premolar and the mandibular 1st molar
d. The maxillary 2nd molar and the mandibular 2nd molar - ✔✔The maxillary 1st molar
and the mandibular 2nd premolar
✔✔Using the universal numbering system, Tooth C is which of the following : a. Primary
left mandibular 2nd molar
b. Primary right maxillary 1st molar
c. Permanent right maxillary canine
d. Permanent left maxillary lateral incisor
e. Primary right maxillary canine - ✔✔Primary right maxillary canine
✔✔When viewed from the buccal aspect, the buccal groove on the maxillary 1st molar
runs in an occlusal cervical direction. The groove terminates on what location on the
buccal surface?
a. Occlusal third
b. Approximately one half the distance from its occlusal origin to the CEJ c. Twice the
distance from the occlusal origin to the CEJ
d. In the cervical third of the tooth
e. None of the above - ✔✔Occlusal third
✔✔The primary cusp triangle indicating the major cusps on the occlusal surface of the
permanent maxillary molar is formed by the:
a. Mesiolingual, mesiofacial, and cusp of carabelli
b. Distolingual, mesiolingual, and cusp of carabelli
c. Mesiolingual, mesiofacial, and distofacial cusp
d. Distolingual, mesiofacial, and distofacial cusp - ✔✔Mesiolingual, mesiofacial, and
distofacial cusp
✔✔The permanent tooth located second from the mid-line in mandibular left quadrant is
which number, using the universal system notation? a. 17
✔✔Using the international system notation, which tooth number is the permanent tooth
which is located third form the midline in the mandibular left quadrant?
a. #22
b. #27
c. #33
d. #45 - ✔✔3-3
Quadrant 3 tooth 3
✔✔ Which of the following is true regarding the maxillary 1st molar? a. Erupts at both 6
years of age
b. Is considered a succedaneous tooth
c. A&B only
d. The crown is wider mesiodistally than buccolingually
e. A, B, & D - ✔✔Erupts at both 6 years of age
✔✔The proximal contact areas between the anterior teeth are incisal to the middle third
ofthe teeth. Which of the following is an exception to the rule? a. The distal contact of
the maxillary canine
b. The mesial contact of the maxillary canine
c. The mesial contact of the maxillary lateral
d. The mesial contact of the mandibular lateral - ✔✔The distal contact of the maxillary
canine
✔✔Mandibular 1st premolar erupts at about what age?
a. 10-12 yrs
b. 12-14 yrs
c. 14-16 yrs
d. 16-18 yrs
e. None of the above - ✔✔10-12 yrs
✔✔Which of the following are true?
a. Open contacts can cause food impaction
, b. Teeth will always correct themselves if the contact wears
c. Tooth contacts are always closer to the cervical than the incisal d. Tooth contacts are
always narrower in the posterior - ✔✔Open contacts can cause food impaction
✔✔Of the following structures, these normally found on the lingual crown surface of the
permanent mandibular incisors are:
a. Mamelons
b. Oblique ridges
c. Triangular ridges
d. Transverse ridges
e. Marginal ridges - ✔✔Marginal Ridges
✔✔In the ideal intercuspal position, which of the following pairs of teeth do not contact:
a. The maxillary 1st premolar and the mandibular 2nd premolar
b. The maxillary 1st molar and the mandibular 2nd premolar
c. The maxillary 2nd premolar and the mandibular 1st molar
d. The maxillary 2nd molar and the mandibular 2nd molar - ✔✔The maxillary 1st molar
and the mandibular 2nd premolar
✔✔Using the universal numbering system, Tooth C is which of the following : a. Primary
left mandibular 2nd molar
b. Primary right maxillary 1st molar
c. Permanent right maxillary canine
d. Permanent left maxillary lateral incisor
e. Primary right maxillary canine - ✔✔Primary right maxillary canine
✔✔When viewed from the buccal aspect, the buccal groove on the maxillary 1st molar
runs in an occlusal cervical direction. The groove terminates on what location on the
buccal surface?
a. Occlusal third
b. Approximately one half the distance from its occlusal origin to the CEJ c. Twice the
distance from the occlusal origin to the CEJ
d. In the cervical third of the tooth
e. None of the above - ✔✔Occlusal third
✔✔The primary cusp triangle indicating the major cusps on the occlusal surface of the
permanent maxillary molar is formed by the:
a. Mesiolingual, mesiofacial, and cusp of carabelli
b. Distolingual, mesiolingual, and cusp of carabelli
c. Mesiolingual, mesiofacial, and distofacial cusp
d. Distolingual, mesiofacial, and distofacial cusp - ✔✔Mesiolingual, mesiofacial, and
distofacial cusp
✔✔The permanent tooth located second from the mid-line in mandibular left quadrant is
which number, using the universal system notation? a. 17
