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