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Certified Dental Assistant
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1. Rounded prominences on the incisal edge of newly erupted anterior teeth. (3 bumps on permanent teeth)
Individual cusps are named how?
Root Apex
Maxilla
Mamelon
2. The back 12 teeth - used to chew - 3 teeth per quadrant.
Root Apex
Anodontia
Molars
Buccal
3. Small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth
Anodontia
Cuspids
Cusp
Distal
4. Total of 20 ___________ teeth - 8 incisors - 4 cuspids - and 8 molars. No premolars are developed. Incisors are the first to erupt.
Primary Teeth (Deciduous)
Anodontia
Maxilla
Diphyodont
5. Function is holding and grinding; 4 mandible - 4 maxillary; 2-3 cusps; posterior teeth
Anatomical Crown
Premolars
Occlusal
Cervical Line
6. Main ridges on each cusp that run from the tip of the cusp to the central part of the occlusal surface
Marginal Ridges
Triangular Ridges
Monophyodont
Incisors
7. The outermost layer of a tooth; the hardest material in the body; protects nerves and softer material inside the tooth
Incisors
Enamel
Secondary teeth
Cingul
8. The entrance point of the nerve - blood vessels and connective tissue that constitutes the pulp.
Cusp
Facial
Root Apex
Clinical Crown
9. The 4 front teeth - known as the biting edge of the anterior teeth.
Incisors
Mandibl
Mamelon
Premolars
10. The portion that you can see when veiwing the mouth.
Secondary teeth
Clinical Crown
Root Apex
Ridge
11. The line that separates the anatomic crown from the anatomic root. Also called the cemento-enamel-junction (CEJ) junction between the cementum and the enamel
Cervical Line
Buccal
Pulp Cavity
Facial
12. Any linear elevation on the surface of a tooth.
Ridge
Diphyodont
Pulp Cavity
Root Apex
13. A horseshoe shaped bone wich articulates with thte skull by way of the TMJ.
Mandibl
Individual cusps are named how?
Dentin
Occlusal
14. The enamel covered part of a tooth above the gum
Incisors
Diphyodont
Polyphyodont
Anatomical Crown
15. Surface of the tooth towards the midline
Mesial
Pulp
Homodo
Labial
16. A lifetime of generations of teeth - like a conveyor belt. such teeth have a breif life and are simple in design
Lob
Homodo
Distal
Polyphyodont
17. One of the primary centers of formation in the development of the crown of the tooth.
Cingul
Cusp
Lob
Pulp Chamber
18. An encircling girdle-like structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)
Heterodont
Mandibl
Pulp Cavity
Cingul
19. One generation of teeth
Monophyodont
Individual cusps are named how?
Occlusal
Cuspids
20. Teeth next to the incisors. One tooth per quadrant - primarily used in tearing/ripping food.
Cusp
Catenary Arch
Cuspids
Occlusal
21. Surface of the tooth away from the midline
Distal
Homodo
Individual cusps are named how?
Diphyodont
22. Distictive classes of teeth that are regionally specialized
Polyphyodont
Heterodont
Dentin
Mesial
23. The biting surface of posterior teeth
Cervical Line
Occlusal
Primary Teeth (Deciduous)
Secondary teeth
24. Total of 32 ______ teeth - 8 incisors - 4 cuspids - 8 premolars - and 12 molars.
Pulp Chamber
Secondary teeth
Premolars
Homodo
25. The central innermost portion of the tooth.
Mandibl
Pulp
Marginal Ridges
Lob
26. The developmental absence of teeth
Labial
Anodontia
Mamelon
Ridge
27. Makes up the bulk of the tooth structures located around the pulp cavity and under the enamel within the anatomical crown.
Dentin
Root Apex
Mamelon
Lob
28. The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
Pulp
Mamelon
Root
Premolars
29. Mesiobuccal - Mesiolingual - Distobuccal and Distolingual.
Clinical Crown
Premolars
Mesial
Individual cusps are named how?
30. The space that contains the pulp or 'nerve' of the tooth
Anatomical Crown
Pulp Cavity
Labial
Incisors
31. The center or innermost portion of the tooth containing the pulp
Labial
Pulp Chamber
Marginal Ridges
Enamel
32. Two bones forming the upper jaw - rigidly attached to the skull.
Molars
Catenary Arch
Polyphyodont
Maxilla
33. Formation of two sets of teeth in the life span - 'two generations of teeth'
Secondary teeth
Marginal Ridges
Diphyodont
Maxilla
34. Surface of the tooth adjacent to the cheek.
Homodo
Buccal
Maxilla
Root
35. The distinctive shape of the dental arches.
Individual cusps are named how?
Catenary Arch
Lingual
Anatomical Crown
36. All of the teeth in the jaw are alike.
Ridge
Homodo
Molars
Monophyodont
37. Surface of tooth adjacent to the tongue.
Molars
Diphyodont
Maxilla
Lingual
38. Linear elevations found at the mesial and distal terminations of the occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth. Also found on anterior teeth but are less prominent - forming the lateral margins of the lingual surface
Pulp Chamber
Marginal Ridges
Catenary Arch
Facial
39. Lip/ front part of the facial surface for incisors and canines.
Labial
Pulp
Facial
Secondary teeth
40. Outer surface of teeth (labial + buccal)
Clinical Crown
Ridge
Mamelon
Facial