Dental

Question 1

How do you know if teeth are deciduous?

Answer 1

smaller, bulbous crown and first molars are triangular in shape

Question 2

permanent teeth are present from age?

Answer 2

6+

Question 3

Maxillary!

Central incisors are more ____ than lateral but lateral incisors have ___ roots that are curved distally

Answer 3

wider

longer

Question 4

The part of the tooth that keeps the blood vessels and nerves?

Answer 4

pulp

Question 5

what protects the pulp?

Answer 5

dentine

Question 6

carabellis cusp is found in whom?

Answer 6

caucasians

Question 7

which ancestry is shovel incisors from?

Answer 7

mongoloids

Question 8

name the four different types of dental pathology?

Answer 8

1. infectious
2. genetic
3. developmental
4. degenerative

Question 9

name the 4 different infectious diseases?

Answer 9

caries
calculus
periodontal disease
abscesses

Question 10

Caries

Answer 10

Progressive demineralisation caused by high carb diet

Question 11

calculus and the 3 levels

Answer 11

mineralization
slight medium and considerable
from high carb diet also and poor oral hygiene

Question 12

periodontal disease

Answer 12

infection where the alveolar bone loosen the tooth

looks spongy bone around tooth

Question 13

dental abscess

Answer 13

destruction of bone in the jaw

Question 14

Name a degenerative disease

Answer 14

Attrition - tooth wear

caused by abrasive diet and tooth on tooth contact

Question 15

name a Developmental disease?

Answer 15

Enamel hypoplasia!

which is the lack of enamel due to disruption of ameloblast so there is a line through tooth

Question 16

name 4 genetic diseases?

Answer 16

1. Dental agenesis - hypodontia - missing teeth
2. hyperdontia - extra tooth
3. malocclusion -overbite
4. dental crowding

Question 17

name and describe 3 dental modifications?

Answer 17

1. Abrasion - tooth clay pipe seen in post euro contact aboriginal
2. tooth avulsion - seen in coming of age males in the aboriginal community
3. mutilation - fillings