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Question 1

Enamel

Answer 1

The hardest and most highly mineralized substance in the human body

Question 2

Erosion

Answer 2

Wearing away of tissue

Question 3

Eruption

Answer 3

The movement of the tooth into its functional position in the oral cavity

Question 4

Exfoliation

Answer 4

Process of losing teeth in a natural way

Question 5

Fissure

Answer 5

A fault along a developmental groove on the occlusal surface that is caused by incomplete or imperfect joining of the lobes during tooth formation

Question 6

Focal Trough

Answer 6

Where the dental arches should be positioned to get the sharpest image of the teeth in a panorex. It is between the x-rah source and the film

Question 7

Fossa

Answer 7

Wide, shallow depression on the lingual surfaces of anterior teeth

Question 8

Frankfort Plane

Answer 8

The line of light that runs under the eye socket to the ear

Question 9

Functional Occlusion

Answer 9

Contact of the teeth during biting and chewing movements

Question 10

Furcation

Answer 10

Area between two or more root branches

Question 11

Generalized Bone Loss

Answer 11

Involves teeth throughout the entire dental arches

Question 12

Gingiva

Answer 12

Masticatory mucosa that covers the alveolar processes for the jaws and surrounds the necks of the teeth; plural is gingivae

Question 13

Glossitis

Answer 13

Inflammation of the tongue

Question 14

Hazardous Waste

Answer 14

Waste that poses a danger to humans or to the environment

Question 15

Immunity

Answer 15

Ability of the body to resist disease

Question 16

Impaction

Answer 16

Any tooth that remains unerupted in the jaws beyond the time at which it should normally erupt

Question 17

Incisors

Answer 17

Single rooted tooth with a relatively sharp thin edge located at the front of the mouth

Question 18

Interproximal Space

Answer 18

The area between adjacent tooth surfaces

Question 19

Labia

Answer 19

The gateway to the oral cavity known as lips

Question 20

Labial Frenum

Answer 20

Band of tissue that passes from the facial oral mucosa at the midline of the arch to the midline of the inner surface of the lip

Question 21

Lesion

Answer 21

An area of pathology

Question 22

Lining Mucosa

Answer 22

Mucous membrane that covers the inside of the cheeks, vestibule and lips. cushion for structures

Question 23

Localized Bone Loss

Answer 23

involves one or several teeth