NBDE I- Dental Anatomy High Yield Notes UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

NBDE I- Dental Anatomy High Yield Notes
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Widest mesio-distally - CORRECT ANSWER - mandibular first molar



only tooth with a pulp wider M-D than F-L - CORRECT ANSWER - Max. central incisor



Widest F-L - CORRECT ANSWER - Permanent Max. 1st molar, primary 2nd max molar



Only tooth that is narrower facially than lingually - CORRECT ANSWER - maxillary first
molar


Tallest tooth inciso-gingivally - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Max. canine
2) Mand. canine


Tallest crown inciso-gingically - CORRECT ANSWER - Mandibular canine



Longest root inciso-gingivally - CORRECT ANSWER - Maxillary canine



Most symmetrical - CORRECT ANSWER - Mandibular central



Smallest - CORRECT ANSWER - Mandibular central



Narrowest-M-D - CORRECT ANSWER - Mandibular central



Narrowest and smallest-rooted pre-molar - CORRECT ANSWER - Mandibular first Pm

, Most congenitally malformed or missing - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) 3rd molars
2) maxillary lateral


Premolar most likely to be congenitally missing - CORRECT ANSWER - Mandibular
second Pm


Best developed lingual anatomy - CORRECT ANSWER - Maxillary lateral (lingual pit
and lingual groove)


Most likely to have dens-in-dente - CORRECT ANSWER - Maxillary lateral



Greatest constriction from pulp chamber to canals - CORRECT ANSWER - Maxillary first
Pm


Premolar most likely to have 1 root and 1 canal - CORRECT ANSWER - Mandibular
second Pm


Anterior tooth most likely to have a bifurcated root - CORRECT ANSWER - Mandibular
canine


Only tooth with 2 triangular ridges on 1 cusp - CORRECT ANSWER - Maxillary first
molar


Only tooth with a M-L groove - CORRECT ANSWER - Mandibular first Pm



Only tooth with a root that is inclined mesially - CORRECT ANSWER - Mandibular
canine