Intro to DHHD 5001 (Cappelli/Wright) Flashcards
Birth
No teeth in mouth
6 months
Primary teeth start to erupt, permanent teeth start to develop
3 years
All teeth in mouth
4 years
Spaces develop in between teeth to make room for permanent teeth
Primary dentition is composed of…
-20 teeth (4 central incisors, 4 lateral incisors, 4 canines, 4 1st molars, 4 second molars)
5 years
Primary teeth roots shorten
6 years
Permanent first molars start to come in (mixed dentition), root not fully formed
12 years
2nd molar comes in
21 years
3rd molars come in
35 years
Gingiva starts to recede
How many anterior teeth?
12 total (6 on each arch–canine to canine)
How many posterior teeth?
20 total (8 premolars, 12 molars)
Key tooth numbers: Maxillary right 1st molar
3
Key tooth numbers: Maxillary right canine
6
Key tooth numbers: Maxillary left canine
11
- Enamel
- Periodontal ligament
- Cementum (not as hard as enamel, more like bone)
- Anatomical crown
- Enamel
- Alveolar bone
- Root
- Gingival sulcus
- Epithelial attachment
- Dentino-enamel junction (DEJ)
- Dentin
- Cementodentinal junction (CEJ)
- Free gingiva or marginal gingiva (moveable)
- Attached gingiva (fixed)
- Clinical crown (cannot see entire [anatomical] crown)
- Cementoenamel junction (CEJ)
- Alveolar mucosa (moveable)
- Pulp canal
- Pump chamber
- Pulp horn
- Pulp Cavity (pulp canal and chamber together)
