Chapter 1

Question 1

What is the white around the tooth (hardest substance in the bone)

Answer 1

Enamel

Question 2

Next layer after the enamel is what? (It’s softer)

Answer 2

Dentin

Question 3

What is the inside layer after the dentin?

Answer 3

Pulp - nerve of tooth

Question 4

Does a baby have bicuspid teeth?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

You do not lose any baby teeth to gain what tooth?

Answer 5

1st molar

Question 6

The hard & soft palate are just on the ……..

Answer 6

Maxillary

Question 7

Maxilla is what teeth?

Answer 7

1-16

Question 8

Mandible is what teeth?

Answer 8

17-32

Question 9

Cementum, what does the specialized later of cells cover?

Answer 9

Root

Question 10

Two mesials meet at what teeth?

Answer 10

8 & 9

24 & 25

Question 11

When the child has both primary & permanent teeth erupt in the mouth, it’s called what?

Answer 11

Mixed dentition stage

Question 12

A specialty of dentistry which deals with the treatment of diseases in the gingivitis & bony tissue surrounding the teeth is called what?

Answer 12

Periodontics

Question 13

__________refers to not only crown & bridge prosthetics but dentures and removable partial dentures as well.

Answer 13

Prosthodontics

Question 14

What causes decay?

Answer 14

Susceptible tooth

Bacteria

Sugar

Question 15

What are the 5 surfaces of the posterior teeth?

Answer 15

Facial, Mesial, distal, lingual, occlusal

Question 16

What is the area where the blood and nerve supply exit the end of the root tip?

Answer 16

Apex

Question 17

If plaque is left on your teeth long enough it will get hard and turn into what?

Answer 17

Calculus