14295_CH7DentalAnatomy Flashcards
Three developmental periods?
Growth, Calcification, Eruption
Dental development begins?
5th/6th week - prenatal
Horseshoe shaped band?
Dental lamina
Growth period of development?
Bud, Cap, Bell
of buds per dental arch?
Usually 10
Buds for permanent teeth form when?
17 weeks - 5 yrs
Cap stage also known as?
Proliferation
Small nipple shaped elevation?
Dental papilla
Last period of growth?
Histodifferentiation or bell stage
Cells that form enamel?
Ameloblast
Cells that form dentin?
Odontoblast
Cells that form cementum?
Cementoblast
Tooth takes shape through _______ in the _______ phase?
Morphodifferentiation, Bell
Depositing of the matrix?
Apposition
Crown completion to tooth emerging?
3yrs (perm teeth)
Study of anatomy?
Histology
Tooth divided into how many parts?
2 : crown, root(s)
Crown divided into?
Anatomic, Clinical crown
Four or more roots?
Multirooted
Opening for blood/nerves?
Apical foramen
Covers anatomic crown and protects dentin?
Enamel
Enamel composition?
96% inorganic, 1% organic, 3% water
Enamel can endure how much crushing pressure?
1,000 lbs per sq inch
Enamel is composed of?
Millions of enamel rods or prisms
Constitutes largest portion of the tooth?
Dentin
Dentin is harder than ____ but softer than ______?
Bone, enamel
Dentin makeup?
70% inorganic, 30% organic and water
Covers roots of teeth?
Cementum
Cementum color?
light yellow (lighter than dentin)
Cementum makeup?
55% organic, 45% inorganic (mainly calcium & salt)
Duration of cementum formation?
Throughout life of tooth
Chamber containing dental pulp?
Pulp chamber
Coronal pulp and pulp horns located?
Crown
Radicular pulp located?
Root
Chief formation of pulp?
Formation of dentin
Provides sensation to tooth?
Pulp
Tissues that support the tooth are collectively called?
Periodontium
Periodontium consists of?
Cementum, alveolar process, preiodontal ligament, gingiva
Only tissue considered basic part of tooth AND component of periodontum?
Cementum
Area of attachment for periodontal ligament fibers?
Cementum
Alveolar process?
Bone where teeth are embedded
Bone that divides sockets?
Interdental septum (Interradicular - when multi rooted teeth are present)
More dense: mandibular or maxilla cortical plate?
Mandibular
Spongy bone that lies in center of alveolar process?
Trabecular bone (Web like appearance on radiograph)
Horseshoe shaped white line on radiograph?
Lamina dura
Thin fibrous ligament that connects tooth to bony socket?
Periodontal ligament
Three types of oral mucosa?
Masticatory, lining, specialized
Keratinized tissue?
Tough protective outer layer
Incisive papilla?
Pear-shaped
) Palatine raphe?
Whitish midline streak
Palatine rugae?
Wrinkles on roof of mouth
Protects the alveolar process and periodontal ligament from bacterial invasion?
Gingiva
Two types of gingiva?
Unattached, attached
Free gingiva should be?
1-3mm wide
First area to show signs of gingivitis?
Gingival margin
Popcorn gets stuck in what part of gingiva?
sulcus
Triangular piece of gingiva between teeth?
Papilla
Attached gingiva may have what texture?
Orange peel
Line where attached gingiva and alveolar mucosa meet?
Mucoginginal junction
How many dentition periods are there?
3 (primary - 20 baby teeth, permanent - 32, mixed - during shedding of baby teeth)
Teeth in the upper arch?
Maxillary
Teeth in the lower arch?
Mandibular
Each arch contain how many teeth?
16
In a quadrant there are ___ anterior and ___ posterior teeth?
3, 5
Each molar has how many cusps?
4-5
How are primary teeth identified on dental chart?
Capital letters A-T (A-J = Maxillary, K-T = Mandibular)
What tooth surface is located next to numbers on the chart?
Lingual
Surface of tooth that faces lips/cheeks?
Facial (labial), buccal
Surface closest to midline?
Mesial
Surface opposite mesial?
Distal
Surface facing tongue?
Lingual
A tooth has how many proximal surfaces?
2 - mesial/distal
Point where two adjacent teeth touch?
Contact point (resistance felt when flossing)
Interproximal space not occupied (natural gap) is called?
Embrasure
When is an embrasure called a diastema instead?
When there is no contact point between teeth
The absence of one or more teeth causes?
Malocclusion
Normal relationship of two teeth is called?
Key to occlusion
Angles classification?
CLASS I - normal, CLASS II - short chin, CLASS III - long chin
Study of form and shape of teeth?
Tooth morphology
First permanent teeth to erupt?
24-25 (mandibular central incisors)
Usually the longest teeth?
Maxillary cuspid
“Bell-crowned” is used to describe the appearance of what tooth?
Mandibular first bicuspid
5th cusp is known as?
Cusp of Carabelli
Maxillary first molar has how many roots?
Three (lingual is largest)
First permanent tooth to erupt?
Mandibular first molar
Cusp?
Elevation of enamel
Cingulum?
Convex mount, lingual aspect of anterior tooth
Fissure?
Linear Fault
Fossa?
Rounded or angular depression
Two types of triangular fossae?
Mesial and distal
Groove?
Small lineal depression on the surface of a tooth
Gives the occlusal surface a wrinkled appearance?
Supplemental groove
All teeth develop from four or five?
Lobes
Incisal edges of newly erupted anterior teeth (soon wears away)?
Mamelons
Each cusp has how many ridges radiating from its tip?
Four
The only tooth on which an oblique ridge is found?
Maxillary first and second molars
Valley formed by inclines of adjacent cusps or ridges?
Sulcus