Chapter 6 Evolve Quiz

Question 1

Each of these events occurs in the prefunctional phase of tooth eruption, EXCEPT one. Which is the EXCEPTION?

Answer 1

crown formation

Question 2

Deciduous teeth are shed for which fundamental reason?

Answer 2

resorption

Question 3

A 10-year-old patient is in which dentition period?

Answer 3

mixed

Question 4

__________ develop with occlusal surfaces slanting mesially.

Answer 4

mandibular molars

Question 5

Ankylosis occurs with the loss of an opposing tooth. Ankylosed teeth are associated with failed eruption.

Answer 5

first statement is false; second statement is true

Question 6

Occlusal wear of the enamel is considered part of the ___________ phase.

Answer 6

functional eruptive

Question 7

The crown enters the oral cavity in which eruptive event?

Answer 7

penetration

Question 8

Osteoclasts are associated with which action?

Answer 8

resorption

Question 9

Which cells ingest collagen fibers?

Answer 9

fibroblasts

Question 10

The __________________ guides tooth movement along the eruption pathway.

Answer 10

gubernaculum dentis

Question 11

Which occurs in the extracellular phase of hard tissue resorption?

Answer 11

Mineral is separated from the collagen and broken into small pieces

Question 12

Which change is NOT associated with the functional eruptive phase?

Answer 12

Macrophages appear in the eruption pathway tissue.

Question 13

Which primary tooth root is completed last?

Answer 13

maxillary canine

Question 14

Which best describes the root of a tooth with incisal attrition?

Answer 14

thickened cementum

Question 15

Which statement is TRUE?

Answer 15

The coronal pulps are relatively larger in primary teeth than in permanent teeth

Question 16

There are ______ accessional teeth in the human dentition

Answer 16

12