Chapter 6- Teeth

Question 1

What are the SIX layers of the teeth?

Answer 1

ameloblasts

enamel

dentin

predentin

odontoblast

dental papillae

Question 2

What is the OUTERMOST layer of the developing tooth?

Answer 2

ameloblasts

Question 3

What is the INNERMOST layer of the developing tooth?

Answer 3

Dental papilla

Question 4

_________ are polarized columnar cells, which a person looses following tooth eruption

Answer 4

ameloblasts

Question 5

** What is the function of Ameloblasts?

Answer 5

produce enamel (lose them after tooth eruption)

Question 6

Which layer of the tooth is also known as the “hardest substance in the human body?”

Answer 6

enamel

Question 7

** The body CANNOT make more Enamel after ________

Answer 7

tooth eruption

Question 8

** The DENTIN layer of the teeth is “harder than bone” and contain thin mental tubules containing nerves and cell processes of ___________

Answer 8

ondontoblasts

Question 9

________ is the precursor to dentin BEFORE mineralization

Answer 9

predentin

Question 10

________ are columnar cells lining the pulp cavity and survive in adults

Answer 10

odontoblasts

Question 11

** What is the function of ODONTOBLATS?

Answer 11

repair and produce DENTIN

Question 12

________ papilla are CT with many BVs and nerves

Answer 12

dental papilla

Question 13

** What is a potential PROBLEM with DENTAL papilla?

Answer 13

extensive inflammation