EFDA Final Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Tooth Identification -
correct answer ✅Arch, quadrant & name are all terms associated
with what?
False -
correct answer ✅Federation Dentaire international is the primary
tooth numbering system used in the United States.
True -
correct answer ✅the midline is the point of reference used when
distinguishing mesial surfaces from distal surfaces on the teeth in
the mouth.
Enamel, Dentin, Cementum, pulp -
correct answer ✅what are the four histological structures of a
tooth?
Anatomical crown -
correct answer ✅what is the portion of the tooth that extends
from the incisal or occlusal surface to the enamels junction with the
cementum of the root?
,EFDA Final Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
clinical crown -
correct answer ✅what is the visible portion of the anatomical
crown extending from the crest of the soft tissue and includes the
occlusal surface or incisal edge?
contact area -
correct answer ✅what is the point or area where approximating
teeth in the same arch touch or meet each other?
embrasures -
correct answer ✅what is the spaces adjacent to and surrounding
the contact of the teeth in the same arch?
incisal or occlusal, facial or buccal, lingual, gingival -
correct answer ✅what are the four embrasure areas that surround
the proximal contact area?
enamel -
correct answer ✅what covers the anatomical crown of the tooth
and varies in thickness in different areas of the tooth?
,EFDA Final Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
ameloblasts -
correct answer ✅what kind of cells produce enamel and form
enamel rods?
dentin -
correct answer ✅what is the hard connective tissue lying inside
the enamel and cementum and is normally yellowish white?
odontoblasts -
correct answer ✅what is dentin formed by?
cementoblasts -
correct answer ✅what forms cementum?
false -
correct answer ✅acellular cementum is located at the apex of a
root and can regenerate itself if damaged or removed.
false -
correct answer ✅cellular cementum extends from the CEJ towards
the root apex and cannot regenerate itself if damaged or removed.
, EFDA Final Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
formative, nutritive, sensory, defensive -
correct answer ✅what are the four functions of the pulp?
chemical, bacterial, mechanical, thermal -
correct answer ✅which irritants can lead to responses that are
related to the defensive function of the pulp?
cusp of carabeli -
correct answer ✅what is found on the Moof a maxillary first
molar?
transverse ridge -
correct answer ✅what is the linear elevation on a tooth?
furcation -
correct answer ✅what is the division of multiple roots?
marginal ridges -
correct answer ✅what is the rounded mesial and distal borders of
enamel found on the occlusal surface of posterior teeth and on the
linguals of anterior teeth?
Answers (Grade A+)
Tooth Identification -
correct answer ✅Arch, quadrant & name are all terms associated
with what?
False -
correct answer ✅Federation Dentaire international is the primary
tooth numbering system used in the United States.
True -
correct answer ✅the midline is the point of reference used when
distinguishing mesial surfaces from distal surfaces on the teeth in
the mouth.
Enamel, Dentin, Cementum, pulp -
correct answer ✅what are the four histological structures of a
tooth?
Anatomical crown -
correct answer ✅what is the portion of the tooth that extends
from the incisal or occlusal surface to the enamels junction with the
cementum of the root?
,EFDA Final Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
clinical crown -
correct answer ✅what is the visible portion of the anatomical
crown extending from the crest of the soft tissue and includes the
occlusal surface or incisal edge?
contact area -
correct answer ✅what is the point or area where approximating
teeth in the same arch touch or meet each other?
embrasures -
correct answer ✅what is the spaces adjacent to and surrounding
the contact of the teeth in the same arch?
incisal or occlusal, facial or buccal, lingual, gingival -
correct answer ✅what are the four embrasure areas that surround
the proximal contact area?
enamel -
correct answer ✅what covers the anatomical crown of the tooth
and varies in thickness in different areas of the tooth?
,EFDA Final Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
ameloblasts -
correct answer ✅what kind of cells produce enamel and form
enamel rods?
dentin -
correct answer ✅what is the hard connective tissue lying inside
the enamel and cementum and is normally yellowish white?
odontoblasts -
correct answer ✅what is dentin formed by?
cementoblasts -
correct answer ✅what forms cementum?
false -
correct answer ✅acellular cementum is located at the apex of a
root and can regenerate itself if damaged or removed.
false -
correct answer ✅cellular cementum extends from the CEJ towards
the root apex and cannot regenerate itself if damaged or removed.
, EFDA Final Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
formative, nutritive, sensory, defensive -
correct answer ✅what are the four functions of the pulp?
chemical, bacterial, mechanical, thermal -
correct answer ✅which irritants can lead to responses that are
related to the defensive function of the pulp?
cusp of carabeli -
correct answer ✅what is found on the Moof a maxillary first
molar?
transverse ridge -
correct answer ✅what is the linear elevation on a tooth?
furcation -
correct answer ✅what is the division of multiple roots?
marginal ridges -
correct answer ✅what is the rounded mesial and distal borders of
enamel found on the occlusal surface of posterior teeth and on the
linguals of anterior teeth?
