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DENTAL ANATOMY REVIEWER Flashcards

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ANTERIOR

used for cutting, esthetics and phonetics

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Incisors

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why anterior teeth is important in esthetics?

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Because it gives a confidence when you smile

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Why anterior is important in phonetics?

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Because it serves as a function producing F and V sounds when the touch the lower lips

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ANTERIOR

used for tearing, known as corner of the mouth they are usually long and pointed

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Canine

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5
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Why canines are reffered to as eye teeth?

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Because when you drew a line straight down from the eye they would be pretty close to the that line

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POSTERIOR

It is used for holding food

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Premolars

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It contribute to chewing as well but lesser extent because they are smaller but can hold food as it being chewed

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Premolars

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8
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It is used for chewing also for milling and grinding food

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Molars

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9
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anterior teeth information

A stray crown is found in your office. It is an anterior tooth and has a cingulum that is offset from center. What tooth is it most likely to be?

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  • Maxillary central Incisor
  • Mandibular lateral Incisor
  • Mandibular canine
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10
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What view is facial or also called labial?

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Anterior

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11
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What view is buccal aspect?

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Posterior

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12
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Lingual is also called ___ since its surface is adjacent to the hard palate

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Palatal

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13
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What view is Incisal? and also known as ___ surface

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Anterior
Bitting surface

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14
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What view is occlusal?

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Posterior

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15
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Inside the tooth that can also seen in cross-section

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Internal

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16
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Pointed or rounded elevation on the crown of a tooth

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Cusp

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17
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Atypical or rounded elevation or small elevation on a tooth due to extra formation of enamel, deviation from normal

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Tubercle

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18
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Center of calcification, refers to a center of calcification from which a tooth develops, the separate divisions that came together to form a tooth often in molars which __ will become individual cusps.

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Lobes (most teeth develops from 4 lobes)

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Small incisal bumps, it appears on the incisal edges of the teeth when they first erupt (childrens). They usually wear away over time due to normal contact with opposing teeth.

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Mamelons

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20
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If they appear or remain beyond the age of 10 on incisors then that might be a sign of an anterior open bite

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Mamelons

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21
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Tiny cervical ridges or wrinkles that runs horizontally or mesiodistally on cervical third means towards the gums of the labial surface of the anterior teeth also the reason why they appear due to the incremental enamel deposition as the crown is forming

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Imbrication lines

22
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Tiny cervical grooves. Refers to tiny grooves in between those imbrication lines

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Perikymata

23
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Widest part of the tooth, most on the facial aspect or the lingual aspect of the tooth

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Height of contour

24
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Touches the adjacent tooth

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Proximal contact

25
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Space around tooth (V-shaped they allow for passage of food so that food isn’t stuck)

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Embrasure

26
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Space or gap between around teeth

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Diastema

27
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Linear Depression

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Groove

28
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Biggest grooves, they are formed by uniting of lobes during the development of the crown of a tooth

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Developmental groove

29
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between 3 facial lobes and lingual lobe

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Central groove

30
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Gives the occlusal surface a more wrinkle appearance

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Supplemental groove

31
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Shallow rounded or angular depression usually at the coalescence of multiple grooves

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Fossa

32
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Imperfect groove, imperfect union between those developmental lobes

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Fissure

33
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Imperfect fossa, a place where grooves or fissure come together to create a small pinpoint depression. This is where decay is most often to begin. (THAT’S WHY SEALANTS ARE OFTEN PLACED IN THE __ AND ___)

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Pit
Pit and Fissures

34
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Opposite of the groove, linear elevation of enamel on a tooth crown.

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Ridge

35
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Elevated areas that form the mesial and distal borders of teeth

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Marginal Ridges

36
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Descend from a cusp tip and widen as they run down toward the middle of an occlusal surface

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Triangular ridges

37
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Lingual convexity, which is a protuberance on the lingual surface of anterior teeth right next to the gingiva

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Cingulum

38
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End of root

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Apex

39
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opening at apex, where nerves and blood vessel enter and exit through

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Apical foramen

40
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Branch point of root, dividing point

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Furcation

41
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Branches of two root

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Bifurcation

42
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Branches of three root

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Trifurcation

43
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Where cementum and enamel meet

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Cemento Enamel Junction / Cervical line

44
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Between CEJ and furcation

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Root trunk

45
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Tallest crown

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Mandibular canine > Maxillary canine > Maxillary canine

46
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all teeth are WIDER FL (Facial lingually) than MD (mesiodistally) except mx. incisors and md. molars

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47
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All teeth have FACIAL HEIGHT OF CONTOUR in cervical third except mandibular molars in middle third

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48
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All teeth have lingual HOC in cervical third (anterior) or middle third (posterior) except mand 2nd premolars in occlusal third

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49
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Crown height decreases and root trunk length increases as you go distally

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50
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Lingual embrasures are larger than facial embrasures

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