anatomy Flashcards
The front surface of the anterior teeth
facial
Another name for chewing surface
occlusal
Surface toward the midline
mesial
Surface away from the midline
distal
Surface toward the tongue
lingual
Surface toward the cheek
buccal
Front teeth are called ___ teeth
anterior
Back teeth are called ___ teeth
posterior
Name of the top arch
maxillary
Name of the bottom arch
mandibular
Where two teeth meet/touch
contact area/point
The jaw joint
tempomandibular joint
Another name for baby teeth
deciduous
Another name for bad bite
malocclusion
The pointed chewing point of tooth
cusp
The flat edge of the front teeth
incisal
Term used to say that the teeth are coming through the gums into the mouth
erruption
Term used to say that the baby teeth are falling out of the mouth
exfoliate
Bumps on the roof of your mouth
rugae
Roof of mouth behind the top front teeth
hard palate
The roof of the mouth where your gag reflex is
soft palate
Dangly tissue in the back of the mouth at the end of the soft palate
uvula
The glands on either side of the back of the throat are called
tonsils
The saliva gland in your cheek is called
parotid gland
A band of tissue that connects two structures
frenum
Top of the tongue
dorsum
The underneath of the tongue
ventral
The space that we measure with the perio probe between the tooth and gum
sulcus
Toward/pertaining to the apex
apical
Under the gum is called
subgingival
Another name for gum tissue
gingiva
Pertaining to gum tissue
gingival
The part of the tooth you see in the mouth
crown
Part of the tooth that is in the gum and bone
root
The neck of the tooth is called
cervix
Another name for toothless
edentulous
Triangle of tissue/space between teeth
embrasure
Tip of the root is called
apex
Type of bone our teeth are in
alveolar
The membrane that surrounds the root of a tooth
periodontal ligament
The hole that the tooth sits in
tooth socket
The small bump on the lingual of an anterior tooth
cingulum
The outside shell of the tooth is called
enamel
The second layer of the tooth, under the enamel
dentin
What is covering the outside of the ROOT of a tooth
cementum
What do we call the nerve/living center of the tooth
pulp
Imaginary line that divides the right and left side of our mouth
midline
When your mouth is divided into fourths
quadrants
When we describe all the upper OR all the lower teeth
arch
Division of the max and mandible into thirds
sextants
