TCDHA OROFACIAL STUDY GUIDE

Function of molar teeth - Answer-grind food function of incisor teeth - Answer-cutting, biting Dentin - Answer-Primary material found in teeth. It is covered by the enamel and cementum in the root. enamel - Answer-hard, outermost layer of a tooth Cementum - Answer-Specialized, calcified connective tissue that covers the root of a tooth. Function is to attach tooth to alveolar bone dental pulp - Answer-connective tissue found in the center of the tooth. Sensory in function function of canines - Answer-piercing and tearing Line angle - Answer-The junction of two surfaces keratinized membrane - Answer-surface layers are dead cells without nuclei Parakerantinized membrane - Answer-both keratinizated and partially keratinized cells nonkeratinized - Answer-Surface layer cells are living nonkeratinized mucosa in the oral cavity - Answer-Lining of cheeks, lips, floor of the mouth, soft palate and ventral surface of the tongue anklyog