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Canines Flashcards

1
Q

Crown shape from the facial view

A

pentagon

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2
Q

Which cusp ridges are shorter?

A

mesial

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3
Q

Vertical … are prominent, especially on maxillary canines.

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labial ridges

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4
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Crowns and roots are wider in which direction?

A

faciolingually (than mesiodistally)

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5
Q

Crowns taper from contact areas toward the …

A

cervical line

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6
Q

Profiles are more convex on the …

A

distal

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7
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Profiles are flatter on the …

A

mesial

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8
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Mesial and distal contact areas are in the … third of crown

A

incisal

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9
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Distal contacts are more …

A

cervical

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10
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Mesial and distal marginal ridges converge toward the …

A

cingulum

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11
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Cervical lines on the facial and lingual curve toward the …

A

apex

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12
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Proximal cervical lines curve toward the …; more so in the mesial

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incisal

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13
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Crowns are … shaped when viewed from the proximal

A

wedge

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14
Q

Where are the facial and lingual crest of curvature (height of contour)?

A

cervical third

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15
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Lingual outlines are what shape?

A

S-shaped

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16
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Lingual outlines have a … lingual fossa

A

concave

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17
Q

Lingual outlines have a … cingulum.

A

convex

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18
Q

Which outlines are more rounded, the facial or lingual?

A

facial

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19
Q

Crowns taper toward the …

A

lingual

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20
Q

Roots taper from the cervical line towards the …

A

apex

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21
Q

Roots taper from the … to the … (making a triangular shape)

A

facial to the lingual

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22
Q

Roots are wider ….

A

faciolingually than mesiodistally

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23
Q

Roots often bend toward the … in the apical third

A

distal

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24
Q

Which are longer roots or crowns?

A

roots

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25
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Roots have mesial and distal …

A

concavities (distal depression likely to be deeper)

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26
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What shape are canals?

A

oval

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27
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What is the longest tooth in the mouth, also the longest root?

A

Maxillary Canine

28
Q

Longest crown in the mouth; 2nd longest tooth?

A

Mandibular Canine

29
Q

On which canine is the mesiodistal dimension wider?

A

Maxillary Canine

30
Q

On which canine is the mesiodistal dimension narrow?

A

Mandibular Canine

31
Q

Which canine crown is overall larger?

A

Maxillary canine

32
Q

Mesial contours are convex to flat cervically

A

Maxillary canine

33
Q

Mesial contour is in line with the profile of the root (mesial surface is quite straight)

A

Mandibular canine

34
Q

Which canine has a sharper cusp tip?

A

Maxillary canine

35
Q

Which canine has a cusp tip that is broader, less pointed?

A

Mandibular canine

36
Q

Which canine is wider faciolingually than mesiodistally?

37
Q

Crown appears more centered over the root?

A

Maxillary canine

38
Q

Crown appears to have distal tip (not balanced over the root)

A

Mandibular canine

39
Q

Facial (labial) ridge is most prominent of any tooth

A

Maxillary Canine

40
Q

Facial (labial) ridge is present, but not as prominent as on the maxillary.

A

Mandibular Canine

41
Q

On the facial surface distal outline is shorter incisocervically and more round

A

Maxillary canine

42
Q

Facial surface is very rounded distal surface places contact more apically

A

Maxillary Canine

43
Q

Lingual ridge that separates the mesial and distal fossa is more pronounced and centered in the crown

A

Maxillary Canine

44
Q

Lingual surface is undeveloped (smooth); small lingual concavities

A

Mandibular Canine

45
Q

Cingulum is larger than any other anterior tooth

A

Maxillary Canine

46
Q

Cingulum is smaller, and less pronounced

A

Mandibular Canine

47
Q

Cingulum is centered mesiodistally

A

Maxillary Canine

48
Q

Cingulum is off-set

A

Mandibular Canine

49
Q

On the Mandibular Canine the cingulum is off-set in which direction?

50
Q

Which canines have a prominent mesial and distal marginal ridge on the lingual surface?

A

Maxillary Canines

51
Q

Has less prominent marginal ridges on the lingual surface?

A

Mandibular Canines

52
Q

Cusp tip is on, or buccal to the root axis, never lingual

A

Maxillary Canine

53
Q

Cusp tip is lingual to the root axis

A

Mandibular Canine

54
Q

From the proximal view: buccal surface is more curved

A

Maxillary Canine

55
Q

From the proximal view: buccal surface is flatter; hight of contour not as prominent

A

Mandibular Canine

56
Q

Incised edge has distolingual twist (compensates for curve of mandibular arch)

A

Mandibular Canine

57
Q

Asymmetry of mesial and distal halves of crown

A

Maxillary Canine

58
Q

Mesial and distal halves of crown are more symmetrical

A

Mandibular Canine

59
Q

Distal half of the crown is thinner buccolingually on the incised edge

A

Maxillary Canine

60
Q

Mesiobuccal and distobuccal developmental depression

A

Maxillary Canine

61
Q

Less developed depressions on the buccal surface

A

Mandibular Canine

62
Q

Root can be bifurcated

A

Mandibular Canine

63
Q

Only tooth that may have mesial root inclination in the mouth

A

Mandibular Canine

64
Q

Only cusped tooth that has a functional lingual surface

A

Maxillary Canine

65
Q

Which tooth has the greatest longevity?

A

Maxillary Canine

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