NBDE Mastery App: Dental Anatomy
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
Which teeth are most likely to be involved with Ludwig's angina? -
correct answers✅✅Mandibular molars (mostly mandibular 3rd)
Because the roots of it under the myohyoid line, so infection their
can spread to become ludwig angina
What is ludwig's angina - correct answers✅✅A life threatening
cellulitis in the sublingual/submental/submandibular space. It has
a fast, bilateral onset and is polymicrobial (however streptococci
are always present).
Which of the following describes the manner in which the
maxillary and mandibular teeth contact? - correct
answers✅✅occlusion
What is Odontomas? - correct answers✅✅benign unerupted
tooth or tumor
Dens in dente? Usually what teeth has this - correct
answers✅✅crown is invaginated, usually in maxillary lateral
incisors.
What is an enameloma? - correct answers✅✅Enamel pearls or
round enamel projection on a root surface
Enamel pearls
,NBDE Mastery App: Dental Anatomy
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
1) Where is it usually seen on a tooth
2) What teeth is it not common on
3) Where are they most likely found
4) Formed from what?
4) Enamel pearls are associated with? - correct answers✅✅a)
Round opaque mass on furcated root
Not common in teeth with a single root.
Most commonly found on maxillary and mandibular 3rd molar
roots
Formed from the Hertwig's Epithelial root sheath
May be associated with development or severity of periodontal
disease
,NBDE Mastery App: Dental Anatomy
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
What is Cervical enamel projections - correct
answers✅✅Apical extension of enamel usually located at
furcation on Md 2nd Molars
Function of:
1) Incisors
2) Canines
3) Premolars
4) Molars - correct answers✅✅Incisors: cutting and biting
Canines: shredding and tearing
Premolars: chewing and grinding mostly, some ripping and
tearing
Molars: crushing, grinding and chewing
The DB cusps of mandibular 2nd molar occludes with what on the
opposing teeth? - correct answers✅✅Distobuccal cusps of
mandibular 2nd molars occlude against the distal triangular fossa
of the maxillary 2nd molar
, NBDE Mastery App: Dental Anatomy
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
Viewed from the incisal aspect of anterior teeth the, what
embrasure is visible? - correct answers✅✅facial and lingual
embrasures are visible
Viewed from the occlusal aspect of posterior teeth, what
embrasure is visible? - correct answers✅✅the buccal and
lingual embrasures are visible
(occlusal aspect refers to posterior teeth)
Viewed from the facial or lingual aspects of teeth, what
embrasure is visible? - correct answers✅✅the incisal (occlusal)
and cervical (gingival) embrasures are visible.
The term facial describe? - correct answers✅✅Labial and
Buccal
However, buccal only describes posterior and labial only describe
anterior
What is the cervical line? - correct answers✅✅Line where
enamel and cementum meet. It separates the anatomical crown
and the anatomical root (aka CEJ)
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
Which teeth are most likely to be involved with Ludwig's angina? -
correct answers✅✅Mandibular molars (mostly mandibular 3rd)
Because the roots of it under the myohyoid line, so infection their
can spread to become ludwig angina
What is ludwig's angina - correct answers✅✅A life threatening
cellulitis in the sublingual/submental/submandibular space. It has
a fast, bilateral onset and is polymicrobial (however streptococci
are always present).
Which of the following describes the manner in which the
maxillary and mandibular teeth contact? - correct
answers✅✅occlusion
What is Odontomas? - correct answers✅✅benign unerupted
tooth or tumor
Dens in dente? Usually what teeth has this - correct
answers✅✅crown is invaginated, usually in maxillary lateral
incisors.
What is an enameloma? - correct answers✅✅Enamel pearls or
round enamel projection on a root surface
Enamel pearls
,NBDE Mastery App: Dental Anatomy
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
1) Where is it usually seen on a tooth
2) What teeth is it not common on
3) Where are they most likely found
4) Formed from what?
4) Enamel pearls are associated with? - correct answers✅✅a)
Round opaque mass on furcated root
Not common in teeth with a single root.
Most commonly found on maxillary and mandibular 3rd molar
roots
Formed from the Hertwig's Epithelial root sheath
May be associated with development or severity of periodontal
disease
,NBDE Mastery App: Dental Anatomy
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
What is Cervical enamel projections - correct
answers✅✅Apical extension of enamel usually located at
furcation on Md 2nd Molars
Function of:
1) Incisors
2) Canines
3) Premolars
4) Molars - correct answers✅✅Incisors: cutting and biting
Canines: shredding and tearing
Premolars: chewing and grinding mostly, some ripping and
tearing
Molars: crushing, grinding and chewing
The DB cusps of mandibular 2nd molar occludes with what on the
opposing teeth? - correct answers✅✅Distobuccal cusps of
mandibular 2nd molars occlude against the distal triangular fossa
of the maxillary 2nd molar
, NBDE Mastery App: Dental Anatomy
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
Viewed from the incisal aspect of anterior teeth the, what
embrasure is visible? - correct answers✅✅facial and lingual
embrasures are visible
Viewed from the occlusal aspect of posterior teeth, what
embrasure is visible? - correct answers✅✅the buccal and
lingual embrasures are visible
(occlusal aspect refers to posterior teeth)
Viewed from the facial or lingual aspects of teeth, what
embrasure is visible? - correct answers✅✅the incisal (occlusal)
and cervical (gingival) embrasures are visible.
The term facial describe? - correct answers✅✅Labial and
Buccal
However, buccal only describes posterior and labial only describe
anterior
What is the cervical line? - correct answers✅✅Line where
enamel and cementum meet. It separates the anatomical crown
and the anatomical root (aka CEJ)
