NBDE I- Dental Anatomy High
Yield Notes Exam 2025 Questions
and Answers
Widest mesio-distally - ANSWER✔✔-mandibular first molar
only tooth with a pulp wider M-D than F-L - ANSWER✔✔-Max. central incisor
Widest F-L - ANSWER✔✔-Permanent Max. 1st molar, primary 2nd max molar
Only tooth that is narrower facially than lingually - ANSWER✔✔-maxillary first molar
Tallest tooth inciso-gingivally - ANSWER✔✔-1) Max. canine
2) Mand. canine
Tallest crown inciso-gingically - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular canine
Longest root inciso-gingivally - ANSWER✔✔-Maxillary canine
Most symmetrical - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular central
Smallest - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular central
, Narrowest-M-D - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular central
Narrowest and smallest-rooted pre-molar - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular first Pm
Most congenitally malformed or missing - ANSWER✔✔-1) 3rd molars
2) maxillary lateral
Premolar most likely to be congenitally missing - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular second Pm
Best developed lingual anatomy - ANSWER✔✔-Maxillary lateral (lingual pit and
lingual groove)
Most likely to have dens-in-dente - ANSWER✔✔-Maxillary lateral
Greatest constriction from pulp chamber to canals - ANSWER✔✔-Maxillary first Pm
Premolar most likely to have 1 root and 1 canal - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular second Pm
Anterior tooth most likely to have a bifurcated root - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular canine
Only tooth with 2 triangular ridges on 1 cusp - ANSWER✔✔-Maxillary first molar
Only tooth with a M-L groove - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular first Pm
Only tooth with a root that is inclined mesially - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular canine
Only tooth with crown concavities - ANSWER✔✔-1) Maxillary first Pm (mesial)
2) Primary maxillary canine
Yield Notes Exam 2025 Questions
and Answers
Widest mesio-distally - ANSWER✔✔-mandibular first molar
only tooth with a pulp wider M-D than F-L - ANSWER✔✔-Max. central incisor
Widest F-L - ANSWER✔✔-Permanent Max. 1st molar, primary 2nd max molar
Only tooth that is narrower facially than lingually - ANSWER✔✔-maxillary first molar
Tallest tooth inciso-gingivally - ANSWER✔✔-1) Max. canine
2) Mand. canine
Tallest crown inciso-gingically - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular canine
Longest root inciso-gingivally - ANSWER✔✔-Maxillary canine
Most symmetrical - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular central
Smallest - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular central
, Narrowest-M-D - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular central
Narrowest and smallest-rooted pre-molar - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular first Pm
Most congenitally malformed or missing - ANSWER✔✔-1) 3rd molars
2) maxillary lateral
Premolar most likely to be congenitally missing - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular second Pm
Best developed lingual anatomy - ANSWER✔✔-Maxillary lateral (lingual pit and
lingual groove)
Most likely to have dens-in-dente - ANSWER✔✔-Maxillary lateral
Greatest constriction from pulp chamber to canals - ANSWER✔✔-Maxillary first Pm
Premolar most likely to have 1 root and 1 canal - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular second Pm
Anterior tooth most likely to have a bifurcated root - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular canine
Only tooth with 2 triangular ridges on 1 cusp - ANSWER✔✔-Maxillary first molar
Only tooth with a M-L groove - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular first Pm
Only tooth with a root that is inclined mesially - ANSWER✔✔-Mandibular canine
Only tooth with crown concavities - ANSWER✔✔-1) Maxillary first Pm (mesial)
2) Primary maxillary canine