Dentition

Question 1

What are the muscles of mastication?

Answer 1

masseter, temporalis, ptyergoideus (medial and lateral), digastricus

Question 2

Where are the teeth of the lower arcade attached to?

Answer 2

the mandible

Question 3

What bones are the teeth of the upper arcade attached to?

Answer 3

the incisive bone or the maxilla

Question 4

What are deciduous teeth?

Answer 4

baby teeth

Question 5

What type of tooth is never present in deciduous teeth?

Answer 5

the molar

Question 6

How many deciduous incisors are in the upper and lower arcades of the feline?

Answer 6

3/3

Question 7

How many deciduous canines are in the upper and lower arcades of the feline?

Answer 7

1/1

Question 8

How many deciduous premolars are in the upper and lower arcades of the feline and what are their numbers?

Answer 8

Upper: P2, P3, P4
Lower: P3, P4

Question 9

How many permanent incisors are in the upper and lower arcades of the feline?

Answer 9

3/3

Question 10

How many permanent canines are in the upper and lower arcades of the feline?

Answer 10

1/1

Question 11

How many permanent premolars are in the upper and lower arcades of the feline and what are their numbers?

Answer 11

Upper: P2, P3, P4
Lower: P3, P4

Question 12

How many permanent molars are in the upper and lower arcades of the feline?

Answer 12

1/1

Question 13

How many deciduous incisors are in the upper and lower arcade of the canine?

Answer 13

3/3

Question 14

How many deciduous canines are in the upper and lower arcade of the canine?

Answer 14

1/1

Question 15

How many deciduous premolars are in the upper and lower arcade of the canine and what are their numbers?

Answer 15

Upper: P2, P3, P4
Lower: P2, P3, P4

Question 16

How many permanent incisors are in the upper and lower arcade of the canine?

Answer 16

3/3

Question 17

How many permanent canines are in the upper and lower arcade of the canine?

Answer 17

1/1

Question 18

How many permanent premolars are in the upper and lower arcade of the canine and what are their numbers?

Answer 18

Upper: P1, P2, P3, P4
Lower: P1, P2, P3, P4

Question 19

How many permanent molars are in the upper and lower arcade of the canine?

Answer 19

2/3

Question 20

What are the functions of the teeth?

Answer 20

weapon, carrying, grooming eating, crushing

Question 21

What does prehension refer to in regards to teeth?

Answer 21

grasping and puncturing

Question 22

What are the shearing teeth?

Answer 22

Upper P4 and Lower M1

Question 23

Where is a common site for fracture in canine dentition and why?

Answer 23

The shearing teeth from chewing hard objects like bone or antlers

Question 24

What are the surfaces of teeth?

Answer 24

vestibular, lingual, contact, and diastema

Question 25

What are the aspects of the vestibular surface of teeth?

Answer 25

labial and buccal

Question 26

What is lingual synonymous to?

Answer 26

palatal

Question 27

What is the contact surface of teeth?

Answer 27

surface in between teeth

Question 28

What does the mesial contact of teeth refer to?

Answer 28

the side that is most medial towards the midline

Question 29

What does the distal contact of teeth refer to?

Answer 29

the side that is the most away from the midline

Question 30

What is a diastema?

Answer 30

a gap between teeth in the same arcade

Question 31

What are characteristics of normal occlusion?

Answer 31

maxillary incisors are labial to mandibular incisors | mandibular canine teeth fit equally between maxillary 3rd incisor and maxillary canine

Question 32

What is a neutroclusion?

Answer 32

- class 1 maloclussion - normal rostrocaudal mandible/maxilla - variably abnormally 'displaced' teeth

Question 33

What is a mandibular distoclusion?

Answer 33

- class 2 maloclussion - over bite - mandibular arch occludes caudal to its normal position

Question 34

What is a mandibular mesioclusion?

Answer 34

- class 3 maloclussion - under bite - mandibular arch occludes rostral to its normal position

Question 35

What is the head shape of a dolichocephalic dog and how are the teeth misaligned?

Answer 35

- long, narrow head | - upper PM4 lingual to lower M1

Question 36

What does mesocephalic mean?

Answer 36

in the middle

Question 37

What is the head shape of a brachycephalic dog and how are the teeth aligned?

Answer 37

- short, wide head | - crowding, under bite, tooth rotation

Question 38

What are the parts of the tooth?

Answer 38

crown, neck, and root

Question 39

What is the crown?

Answer 39

the exposed part of the tooth

Question 40

Where is the neck of the tooth located and what surrounds it?

Answer 40

located directly beneath the crown, surrounded by gingiva

Question 41

What is located within the neck?

Answer 41

the pulp chamber

Question 42

Where is the root located and how is it attached?

Answer 42

most basal part of the tooth, attached via the periodontal ligament

Question 43

What is located within the root?

Answer 43

the root canal

Question 44

What is enamel and what does it cover?

Answer 44

the hardest substance in the body; covers the crown of the tooth

Question 45

What is dentin and where is it located?

Answer 45

tooth substance harder than bone; the second layer of the tooth located underneath the enamel

Question 46

What is the cement of the tooth and what does it do?

Answer 46

as hard as bone, connects the tooth root to the mandible

Question 47

What is the pulp of the tooth?

Answer 47

the part that surrounds the nerves and vessels of the tooth