Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

How many teeth are present in one quadrant of a complete adult (permanent) dentition? A 5 B 8 C 10 D 20 E 32 correct answers 8 What class of teeth is present in the permanent dentition that is NOT present in the primary dentition? A Incisors B Canines C Premolars D Molars correct answers Premolars In a permanent dentition, the fifth tooth from the midline is a A Canine B Premolar C Molar D Incisor correct answers Premolar The posterior teeth in the permanent dentition incl...

Mesiodistal line angle correct answers Which of the following is not a possible line angle of an incisor crown? -Mesiolabial line angle -distolingual line angle -mesiolingual line angle - mesiodistal line angle Cervix, trunk, furcation, apex correct answers Correct order of Anatomic landmarks of a tooth with two roots beginning at CEJ and moving toward root tip Transverse ridge correct answers If two triangular ridges join, what is the entire ridge called? Facial and lingual heig...

Primary teeth erupts correct answers 6 month to 2.5 years What teeth are exfoliated and replaced by permanent dentition correct answers Primary Which teeth have primate spaces correct answers Primary How many teeth are presented in primary dentition correct answers 20 Universal/ ADA system number primary teeth how correct answers Letters A-T Milk teeth is also referred as correct answers Primary A ratio of the number of ___________ in the maxillary _____ over the mandibular____...

The first statement is true; the second statement is false. correct answers In a partially erupted tooth, the visible portion is called the clinical crown. The anatomic crown is not yet fully formed. false correct answers All anterior teeth have cusps. Both statements are false correct answers The tooth surface facing the lip is called the mesial surface. The corresponding surface facing the cheek is called the distal surface. Cementum correct answers The dental tissue that most resembl...

What are the 4 functions of roots? correct answers 1. sensory 2. stability/support 3. nourishment 4. reparative What stimuli do root canals respond to? correct answers pain only! not temp or pressure If a tooth has a cold sensitivity what can be the cause? correct answers off occlusion recession exposed dentin What is "inner portion of the tooth containing nerves and blood supply to the tooth"? correct answers pulp cavity How does the location of the pulp chamber differ from...

periodontium correct answers supporting tissues of the teeth alveolar bone, periodontal ligament, gingival margin, attached ginigva your patient presents with generalized recession and bone loss. How do you describe the clinical and anatomic crowns? correct answers -clinical crown is larger than the anatomical crown -clinical root is shorter than the anatomical root Facial surface correct answers surface toward the face buccal correct answers pertaining to the cheek labial correc...

What are other names for canines? correct answers cornerstones dog teeth What are the 4 functions of canines? correct answers cut pierce shear protect What are the longest teeth in each arch? correct answers canines The Incisal ridge of canines are divided into ____ and ___ cusp ridges forming one cusp. correct answers the Incisal ridge of canines are divided into MESIAL and DISTAL cusp ridges forming one cusp. The distal contact of a canine is more ___ than mesial contact. corr...

True/False Exfoliation is the process by which the roots of a deciduous tooth are pushed together by the calcification process. Resorption is the phenomenon where odontoblasts absorb teeth. correct answers Both statements are false A 10 year-old has which permanent teeth? correct answers All incisors All canines All 1st Molars Mandibular 2nd premolars When is calcification of primary teeth completed? correct answers 4th month in utero A lower root to crown ratio equals _____ resis...

What are other names for canines? correct answers cornerstones dog teeth What are the 4 functions of canines? correct answers cut pierce shear protect What are the longest teeth in each arch? correct answers canines The Incisal ridge of canines are divided into ____ and ___ cusp ridges forming one cusp. correct answers the Incisal ridge of canines are divided into MESIAL and DISTAL cusp ridges forming one cusp. The distal contact of a canine is more ___ than mesial contact. corr...

What are the 4 functions of roots? correct answers 1. sensory 2. stability/support 3. nourishment 4. reparative What stimuli do root canals respond to? correct answers pain only! not temp or pressure If a tooth has a cold sensitivity what can be the cause? correct answers off occlusion recession exposed dentin What is "inner portion of the tooth containing nerves and blood supply to the tooth"? correct answers pulp cavity How does the location of the pulp chamber differ from...