300 Dental Anatomy Facts Flashcards
Primary teeth are MORE or LESS mineralized that permanent teeth?
Less
May appear more worn
What is the difference in space between the primary dentition and permanent dentition
2-4mm
Primary dentition is more square and squatty shaped
Mammelons that remain after age 10 indicate what?
An open bite
Typically the dention will fall into lateral excursion and wear off the mammelons by teeth occluding in a closed bite
When does calcification of primary dentition complete?
Age 3-4 years old
What is the order of eruption for primary dentition?
Centrals Laterals 1st molars Canines 2nd molars
Erruption:
Front to back besides canines
Manibulars before maxillarys except _____
Laterals
Maxillary PRIMATE space
Between the lateral and canine
Mandibular PRIMATE space
Between the canine and the 1st premolar (adults)
Between the canine and 1st molar (children)
What is the primate space?
Space created to accommodate the larger jaw and larger adult dentition
What is primary spacing?
And what is it caused by?
Spacing in the anterior teeth due to the growth of dental arches.
Making room for permanent dentition
NORMAL SPACING
Primary enamel rods are oriented in which direction in the cervical 1/3 of the crown?
OCCLUSALLY
Permanent enamel rods are oriented apically in the cervical 1/3
Primary molars roots differ from permanent molars roots because they are more _______
Divergent
Primary molars lack or have a small root _____
Trunk
The primary CENTRAL INCISOR has the smallest ___________ crown dimension
Faciolingual
The primary and permanent MANDIBULAR CENTRAL INCISOR
Most bilaterally symmetrical tooth
Delayed resorption of primary incisors the permanent incisors erupt ?
Lingually
“Shark teeth”
The primary central incisor exhibits a prominent lingual and facial _______ ________
Cervical ridge (bulge)
PRIMARY canine mesioincisal edge is ______ than the distoincisal edge
LONGER
The PRIMARY canine cusp tip is set off towards the _______
distal
Gives the longer mesioincisal edge
The 1st PRIMARY MAXILLARY MOLAR crown resembles what permanent tooth?
Maxillary premolars
The 1st PRIMARY MOLAR roots resembles what permanent tooth?
Maxillary molars
3 roots –> DB, MB, Palatal
** just more divergent**
The cervical ridge on the PRIMARY MAXILLARY 1st MOLAR is most prominent where?
Mesial Facial surface
It is NOT the most prominent cervical ridge
Which primary MAXILLARY tooth has the most prominent cervical ridge?
Where is it located?
Primary maxillary 1st molar
Located on the MF surface
Which tooth OVERALL has the most prominent cervical ridge?
MANDIBULAR first molar
located on the MF surface
Which primary tooth has an oblique ridge?
Primary 2nd MAXILLARY Molar – it is the only primary tooth
Which primary tooth has a DL groove, transverse ridge, and an oblique ridge?
Primary 2nd MAXILLARY molar
Which primary tooth exhibits a cusp of carabelli?
Primary 2nd MAXILLARY molar
What permanent tooth does the primary 2nd MAXILLARY molar resemble?
Permanent 1st MAXILLARY molar
What is the LAST tooth to erupt in the primary dentition?
Maxillary 2nd molar
Which primary maxillary molar has more cusps
Maxillary 2nd molar
1st molar – 3 cusps
2nd molar – 5 cusps
On the MANDIBULAR 1st molar the CEJ is most apically positioned on the ____ _____ surface
Mesial 1/3
Which primary tooth has the most prominent transverse ridge?
MANDIBULAR 1st molar
The primary mandibular 1st molar displays a ______ triangular fossa
Distal
Central fossa is usually displaced towards the distal
Central fossa = distal fossa = main fossa
Which primary tooth does NOT look like any permanent tooth?
Primary MANDIBULAR 1st MOLAR
Which primary teeth differ the most from permanent teeth?
Primary mandibular 1st molar
What is the highest and sharpest cusp on the primary mandibular 1st molar
Mesio-lingual cusp
Part of the prominent transverse ridge
What is the primary function of incisors?
Biting, Tearing
The maxillary central incisors have the larges ____________ axial incline
Facio-lingual
** Most tilted teeth**
Which tooth has the greatest cervical curvature?
Where is it located?
Maxillary central incisors
Located on the mesial
ALWAYS THINK OF MAXILLARY CENTRAL INCISOR – when asked about cervical curvature
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The CEJ dips deeper (greatest cervical curvature) on Maxillary or Mandibular teeth?
Maxillary
The CEJ dips deeper (greatest cervical curvature) on Anteriors or posteriors?
Anteriors
The CEJ dips deeper on mesial or distal?
mesial
What tooth has the GREATEST CEJ dip?
Maxillary central incisor
Which ANTERIOR tooth is wider M-D than F-L
Maxillary central incisor
Which ANTERIOR tooth has the greatest MD crown dimension?
Maxillary central incisor