General & Basic Vocabulary Flashcards
Which term is associated with teeth that would NOT exhibit a resistance or “snap” of the dental floss when a patient uses the floss to clean the proximal surfaces of adjacent teeth?
a. teeth with mamelons
b. teeth with diastema
c. teeth with perikymata
d. teeth with a larger buccal embrasure
e. teeth with the largest cingulums
b
How many teeth present in one quadrant of a complete adult (permanent) dentition?
8 teeth
In a permanent dentition, the fifth root from the midline is a…?
premolar
If you read an article in a British dental journal that refers to tooth No. 48, you would suspect that the authors were using the International Numbering System. What universal number (or letter) would they be talking about?
32
Using the Universal Numbering System, what numbers are used to identify maxillary canines?
6, 11
Which statement(s) is/are likely to be true on a person with a barely erupted tooth No. 9?
a. The clinical crown is larger than the anatomic crown.
b. The clinical crown is smaller than the anatomic crown.
c. The clinical root is larger than the anatomic root.
d. The clinical root is smaller than the anatomic root.
b, c
What is the correct order of anatomic landmarks of a tooth with two roots from the cementoenamel junction to the root tip?
a. cervix, trunk, furcation, apex
b. trunk, cervix, furcation, apex
c. trunk, furcation, cervix, apex
d. cervix, trunk, apex, furcation
e. furcation, trunk, cervix, apex
a
How many permanent molars in the entire adult set of teeth?
12 molars
Functions of the incisors are:
a. cut food
b. speech
c. help lip support
d. all of the above
d
According to the Palmer system, tooth #48 represents…
mandibular right 3rd molar, #17
Which tissue makes up the majority of the bulk of a tooth
a. enamel
b. dentin
c. cortical plate
d. cementum
e. pulp
B
