Exam 2 Flashcards
Loss of primary teeth often thought of as
annoyance
Primary teeth are important in mastication and maintaining space for
permanent teeth
What are primary teeth often called?
Often called temporary, milk, or baby teeth
How many primary teeth?
20 total; 10 each jaw; 5 per quadrant
How many incisors, canines, and molars one arch
4, 2, 4
Primary Central incisor, lateral incisor, and canines are
succeeded
First and second primary molars are replaced by
first and second permanent premolars
What tooth does the first permanent first molar replace?
None
Primary teeth are generally _________ than perm. counterparts
smaller
Primary teeth have _______ crowns relative to total crown-root length
short
Primary teeth are______ mesial to distal relative to occlusal to gingival height
Wider
Primary teeth have a more prominent
cervical ridge, on labial and lingual of anteriors and buccal of molars
Primary Roots are relatively _______ and _______
longer and thinner
There is much more ______ to the roots of the primary teeth
flare
Primary teeth having flare and thinness can result in easy
fracture
There is No identifiable ______ on primary teeth
root trunk
Primary crowns are lighter in ______
color, opaque, whitish to bluish
On primary teeth Enamel is relatively
thinner
On primary teeth Dentin is relatively
thinner
Pulp cavity is relatively
larger
Mesial pulp horns are especially
larger
Endodontia
root canal treatment
What is rarely attempted for primary teeth?
endodontia
Pulpotomies is
primary root canal
How do they do a pulpotomie?
remove crown, put medicine on it, then put a crown over it (silver cap)
Due to the larger pulp cavity, what happens?
the tooth is more perceptive to heat
Example of primary tooth getting hot during treatment
rubbercup polishing. The spinning can get really hot if held on tooth too long or there is too much pressure.
Do mamelons occur on primary teeth?
no
On Primary teeth, Mesial to distal width is greater than
incisal to cervical line
Typically there are no _______ ________ in primary teeth
developmental depressions
Maxillary central distal incisal is rounder than
mesial to incisal
Maxillary central lingual
cingulum, marginal ridges prominent, and fossa is deeper
Maxillary central Mesial and Distal
Relatively wider Labial-Lingual than permanent tooth
Maxillary central Incisal
Equal halves (L and L), straight, wide mesial to distal
Maxillary central Root
longer relative to crown length than permanent central
Primary Maxillary Lateral differences
Smaller in all dimensions, More rounded at incisal