HARCUM EFDA ENTRY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.docx

HARCUM EFDA ENTRY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
cusp -
correct answer ✅Major elevation on the masticatory surfaces of
canines and posterior teeth


Axial -
correct answer ✅Relating to head, neck, and trunk, the axis of the
body


Cementum -
correct answer ✅Specialized, calcified connective tissue that
covers the anatomic root of a tooth.


Cervical -
correct answer ✅neck (relating to neck)


Cingulum -
correct answer ✅Raised, rounded area on the cervical third of the
lingual surface


Concavities -
correct answer ✅A hollowed or rounded inward shape, tend to
cause shadows on the surface of teeth.

, HARCUM EFDA ENTRY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Cusp ridge -
correct answer ✅Ridge that descends from each cusp tip on the
posterior teeth


Contact area -
correct answer ✅Area of the mesial or distal surface of a tooth
that touches the adjacent tooth in the same arch


Convexities -
correct answer ✅Anterior
Cuspids


Dentin -
correct answer ✅Dense tissue forming the bulk of a tooth.


Distal -
correct answer ✅away from the point of attachment


Embrasures -
correct answer ✅slanted openings