Canines

Question 1

The ridge on the facial is called what

Answer 1

Labial ridge

Called the buccal ridge on premolars

Question 2

Mand canine anatomy is ____ pronounced than max

Answer 2

Less

Question 3

What tooth is the second longest and has the second longest root

Answer 3

Mand canine

Question 4

Canines are considered

Answer 4

Cornerstone of the dental arches

Longest teeth, good anchors

Question 5

Canine eminence

Answer 5

Projection of bone in the maxilla that houses the thick canine root

Anterior to this is the incisal fossa
Posterior to this is the canine fossa

Question 6

What tooth has the longest crown

Answer 6

Mand canine

Question 7

Are canines wider buccolingually

Answer 7

Yes even more so than incisors

Question 8

The mesial marginal ridge on a max canine is ______ than the distal marginal ridge

Answer 8

Shorter

Longer on a primary

Question 9

What canine can have two roots?

Answer 9

Mand canine

Question 10

Are ridges and fossa prominent on mand canine

Answer 10

No

Question 11

Mand canine crown is ____ and _____ than the max canine

Answer 11

Longer and narrower

Question 12

Max incisors and canine incisal edge/cusp is NEVER _______ to the root axis line

Answer 12

Never lingual

Always labial or on it

Question 13

Do canines have memelons

Answer 13

NOOO

Question 14

Mand canine mesial looks like what

Answer 14

Mesial - flat against lateral incisor

Question 15

Mand canine contacts

Answer 15

Mesial- incisal third

Distal- junction of incisal and middle third

Question 16

Primary canine mesial ridge is ____ than the distal ridge

Answer 16

Longer!! Is it an exception to the rule along with max first premolars

Question 17

Is the cingulum centered on a max canine

Answer 17

Yes!

Question 18

The cingulum is located distal on which canine

Answer 18

Mand canine

Question 19

What is the longest tooth in the mouth

Answer 19

Max canine, but mand canine has longer crown

Question 20

Functions of canines

Answer 20

Support lips and facial muscles

Tear and rip, pierce, and shear food

Canine guidance, max and mand canines overlap and provide protection to other teeth when mandible moves side to side

Question 21

What forms the bulk of the labial ridge on a max canine

Answer 21

Middle labial lobe

Question 22

What is the longest tooth in each arch

Answer 22

Canines

Question 23

Which anterior tooth is most likely to have a bifurcated root

Answer 23

Mand canine

Question 24

Where are the max canine contacts

Answer 24

Mesial- junction of incisal and middle third

Distal- middle third

Question 25

What separates mesial and distal fossa on max canine

Answer 25

Lingual ridge

Question 26

Which tooth has the longest root

Answer 26

Max canine