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