Dentistry Flashcards
Vestibular
Facing the lips/vestibule
Palatal
Toward the palate
Lingual
Toward the tongue
Coronal
Toward the crown
Apical
Toward the root or the apex of the tooth
Dog dental formula
Deciduous- 2 (i3/3, c1/1, p3/3)= 28
Permanent- 2(I3/3, C1/1, P4/4, M2/3)
Cat Dental Formula
Deciduous 2- (i3/3, c1/1, p 3/2)= 26
Permanent2- (I3/3, C1/1, P3/2, M1/1)= 30
Malocclusion class 1
Neutroclusion
Rostral or anterior cross bite
Caudal or posterior cross bite
Malocclusion class 2
Mandibular distoclusion
Brachygnathisism- upper jaw is longer than the lower jaw (overbite)
Malocclusion Class 3
Mandibular mesioclusion
Prognathism- mandible is longer than the maxilla (underbite)
Level bite- incisor crowns meet instead of the mandibular incisors being directly behind the maxillary incisors
Permanent teeth should erupt __________ to the deciduous teeth; primary exception is the maxillary canine which erupts ________-
Lingual; rostral (mesial)
Most commonly fractured tooth in dogs
Upper fourth premolars (108 and 208)