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Dental Anatomy final exam Questions
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When do primary teeth begin to be replaced by permanent teeth? - ✔✔Beginning around age 6
What is another word to describe primary teeth? - ✔✔Deciduous
Deciduous comes from the Latin word meaning? - ✔✔"To fall out"
Name one of the common nick names for primary teeth? - ✔✔Baby teeth
Which primary tooth remains in the mouth the longest? - ✔✔Maxillary canine
Which arch of primary teeth remain in the mouth longer than the other arch? - ✔✔Maxillary teeth
Name one way primary teeth play an important role in the mouth? - ✔✔Proper alignment
Why are permanent molars called non-succedaneuous teeth? - ✔✔They have no predecessors
Spell the word deciduous - ✔✔Deciduous
Which permanent teeth replace the primary molars? - ✔✔Permanent pre-molars
How many teeth are in primary dentition? - ✔✔20
Are there pre-molars in the primary dentition? - ✔✔No
How many primary teeth are in the maxillary arch? - ✔✔10
How many primary incisors are in the mandibular arch? - ✔✔4
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How many primary molars are in the maxillary arch? - ✔✔4
How many anterior teeth are in the maxillary arch? - ✔✔6
Give the total # of primary molars in the mouth? - ✔✔8
When is a primary tooth completely formed in the oral cavity? - ✔✔Just a year after emergence into the
oral cavity
The increasing loss of ____ from _____ results in the eventually loosening of the primary tooth and it falls
out of the jaw - ✔✔Root attachment from root resorption
The primary teeth are ____ in color than permanent teeth - ✔✔Whiter
Primary teeth are ____ in size than permanent? - ✔✔Smaller
Primary teeth have ____ ____ in respect to their roots? - ✔✔Shorter crowns
The crowns have a marked ____ at the cervix appearing as if they are being squeezed by a ____ ____ -
✔✔Constriction, rubber band
Layers of enamel and ____ are thinner? - ✔✔Dentin
____ ____ are proportionally larger than in permanent teeth - ✔✔Pulp cavitites
Deciduous teeth have more ____ shapes than the permanent teeth - ✔✔Consistent
Because deciduous teeth have more consistent shapes than permanent teeth, they have fewer _____ -
✔✔Anomalies
The crowns on deciduous teeth appear ____, often having labia or buccal cingula - ✔✔Bulbous
Primary teeth have mamelons? - ✔✔No
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Dental Anatomy final exam Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
When do primary teeth begin to be replaced by permanent teeth? - ✔✔Beginning around age 6
What is another word to describe primary teeth? - ✔✔Deciduous
Deciduous comes from the Latin word meaning? - ✔✔"To fall out"
Name one of the common nick names for primary teeth? - ✔✔Baby teeth
Which primary tooth remains in the mouth the longest? - ✔✔Maxillary canine
Which arch of primary teeth remain in the mouth longer than the other arch? - ✔✔Maxillary teeth
Name one way primary teeth play an important role in the mouth? - ✔✔Proper alignment
Why are permanent molars called non-succedaneuous teeth? - ✔✔They have no predecessors
Spell the word deciduous - ✔✔Deciduous
Which permanent teeth replace the primary molars? - ✔✔Permanent pre-molars
How many teeth are in primary dentition? - ✔✔20
Are there pre-molars in the primary dentition? - ✔✔No
How many primary teeth are in the maxillary arch? - ✔✔10
How many primary incisors are in the mandibular arch? - ✔✔4
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How many primary molars are in the maxillary arch? - ✔✔4
How many anterior teeth are in the maxillary arch? - ✔✔6
Give the total # of primary molars in the mouth? - ✔✔8
When is a primary tooth completely formed in the oral cavity? - ✔✔Just a year after emergence into the
oral cavity
The increasing loss of ____ from _____ results in the eventually loosening of the primary tooth and it falls
out of the jaw - ✔✔Root attachment from root resorption
The primary teeth are ____ in color than permanent teeth - ✔✔Whiter
Primary teeth are ____ in size than permanent? - ✔✔Smaller
Primary teeth have ____ ____ in respect to their roots? - ✔✔Shorter crowns
The crowns have a marked ____ at the cervix appearing as if they are being squeezed by a ____ ____ -
✔✔Constriction, rubber band
Layers of enamel and ____ are thinner? - ✔✔Dentin
____ ____ are proportionally larger than in permanent teeth - ✔✔Pulp cavitites
Deciduous teeth have more ____ shapes than the permanent teeth - ✔✔Consistent
Because deciduous teeth have more consistent shapes than permanent teeth, they have fewer _____ -
✔✔Anomalies
The crowns on deciduous teeth appear ____, often having labia or buccal cingula - ✔✔Bulbous
Primary teeth have mamelons? - ✔✔No
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