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