Dental anatomy EFDA Harcum Exam Questions and Answers.docx

Dental anatomy EFDA Harcum Exam
Questions and Answers
Crest -
correct answer ✅Highest point of a structure


Creat of curvature -
correct answer ✅Highest point of the curve on a tooth


Crest of curvature aka -
correct answer ✅Height of contour


Crest of curvature does what -
correct answer ✅Protects the gingiva by directing food away from
the gingiva


Interproximal space -
correct answer ✅Triangular shaped area cervical to the contact
area of two adjoining teeth


What is the interproximal space filled with -
correct answer ✅Gingival tissue called interdental papilla

, Dental anatomy EFDA Harcum Exam
Questions and Answers
Embrasures -
correct answer ✅Interproximal space occlusal to the contact area
of adjacent teeth in the same arch


What do embrasures do -
correct answer ✅Helps keep food from being forced into the
contact areas between the teeth


What is enamel -
correct answer ✅Calcified substance that covers the entire a
topical crown of the Roth and protects the dentin


What is the hardest tissue in the human body -
correct answer ✅Enamel


What is enamel composed of -
correct answer ✅Millions of calcified enamel prism and enamel
rods


What is Dentin -
correct answer ✅Light yellow substance; more radiolucent than
enamel; very porous