Dental anatomy efda Harcum UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
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
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
Denton is what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Harder than home softer than enamel
What is the largest substance of the tooth - CORRECT ANSWER - Dentin
Dentin transmits what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pain stimuli by way of dentinal fibers. It
has constant growth and repair
Cementum - CORRECT ANSWER - Bone like tissue that covers the roots of he teeth in a
thin layer
Where is the radicular pulp - CORRECT ANSWER - In the root
Where is the coronal pulp - CORRECT ANSWER - In the crown
Dental pulp - CORRECT ANSWER - Contains blood vessels and nerves that enter through
the apical foramen
What does the dental pulp do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Formation of dentin; provides
sensation to the tooth; responds to irritation
Periodontium consists of? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Cementum
2. Bone that holds max and mand
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
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
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
Denton is what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Harder than home softer than enamel
What is the largest substance of the tooth - CORRECT ANSWER - Dentin
Dentin transmits what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pain stimuli by way of dentinal fibers. It
has constant growth and repair
Cementum - CORRECT ANSWER - Bone like tissue that covers the roots of he teeth in a
thin layer
Where is the radicular pulp - CORRECT ANSWER - In the root
Where is the coronal pulp - CORRECT ANSWER - In the crown
Dental pulp - CORRECT ANSWER - Contains blood vessels and nerves that enter through
the apical foramen
What does the dental pulp do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Formation of dentin; provides
sensation to the tooth; responds to irritation
Periodontium consists of? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Cementum
2. Bone that holds max and mand
