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Language of Dentistry Flashcards

1
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Towards the midline

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Mesial

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Away from the midline

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Distal

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Upper

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Superior

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Lower

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Inferior

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5
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Looking at the way teeth move medial and laterally

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Dynamic Occlusion

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Canine to canine

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Anterior

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7
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Premolar & molars

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Posteriors

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Anterior & posterior movement

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Potrusion

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Superior & inferior movement

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Opening

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10
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Towards the apex

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Apical

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11
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To the lips

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Labial (anterior teeth)

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12
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Tongue side

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Lingual

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13
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Bitting surface of anteriors

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Incisal

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14
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Toward cheeks

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Buccal (posterior teeth)

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15
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Towards palette on maxillary

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Paletal

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16
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Area where mesial and distal surfaces touch

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Proximal

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17
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Occlusal Surface

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Posterior teeth

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18
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Where two sides of a tooth meet in a line.

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Line angle/ surface junction

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19
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Surface junction or dimension?
Ex. Distolabial

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Surface junction

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20
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Surface junction or dimension?
Ex. Mesiobuccal

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Surface junction

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21
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Point angles, it’s a dimension, sides don’t meet.

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Dimension

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22
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Surface junction or dimension?
Ex. Mesiodistal

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Dimension.

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23
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Surface junction or dimension?
Ex. Buccolingual

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Dimension

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24
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Looking at the teeth from the front overall is a ____ view

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Facial View

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25
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Looking at the teeth bitting from the side is an overall ___ view

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Lateral view

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26
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Looking at either upper or lower from above is a ____ view

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Occlusal view

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27
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How many views do you split each side of a tooth into?

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3 views

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28
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Distal 3rd, middle 3rds, mesial 3rds

what side(s) of the tooth are you looking at?

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Facial; labial or buccal view

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29
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Lingual 3rd, middle 3rds, Labial 3rd

what side(s) of the tooth are you looking at and is it posterior or anterior?

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Mesial or distal view on an Anterior

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30
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Lingual 3rd, middle 3rds, Buccal 3rd

what side(s) of the tooth are you looking at and is it posterior or anterior?

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Mesial or distal view of a posterior tooth.

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31
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What three sections do you split the root of the tooth into?

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cervical 3rd, middle 3r, apical 3rd

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32
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Cervical 3rd, middle 3rd, Occlusal 3rd

what side(s) of the tooth are you looking at and is it posterior or anterior?

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Buccal or lingual view on a posterior

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33
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Ratio of the length of the root to the length of the crown or vice verse.

root/crown

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Root to crown ratio

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34
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What does a small root to crown ration mean? ~1

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Length of the crown and the root are similar

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35
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What does a small root to crown ration mean? <1

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Smaller root than crown

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36
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If you were conducting a bridge prep and try to know if a tooth was a good candidate to be an anchor, how would you use the root to crown ratio to deduce candidacy of the tooth?

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Small ratio= short root= bad anchor
Large ratio= long root= good anchor

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37
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Most cusps are named after what?

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Closest tooth surface or line angle

38
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Arms that come off a cusps, they portrude are called?

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Cusp ridge/arm

39
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Ridges that form the mesial and distal borders of the lingual surfaces on anterior teeth
and the mesial and distal borders of occlusal surfaces on posterior teeth.

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Marginal Ridge

40
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Two ridges from one ___ or ____ ridge

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Transverse or oblique

41
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Anterior Canines have what ridges?

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Labial ridge
Lingual ridge (subtle)

42
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Outline formed by connection of all the ridges. Bound by 6 ridges. Chewing surface

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Occlusal table

43
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Outline surrounding the entire tooth when looking at it occlusal.

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Occlusal Outline

44
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A bulge on the cervical third of anterior teeth. Normally where marginal ridges converge.

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Cingulmum

45
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A ridge or bulge running mesiodistally in the cervical one third of the facial surface of crown (permanent molars)

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Buccal Cervical Ridge; height of contour

46
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Three small bulges or tubercles on the incisal edges of newly erupted incisors. Usually wear off with age.

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Mamelons

47
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Horizontal ridges on the enamel surface. Form from overlapping of layers of enamel lade down during tooth formation.

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Perikymata

48
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broad V-shaped depression or valley on the occlusal surface of each posterior teeth running mesiodistally between the buccal and lingual cusps

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Sulcus/Groove

49
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Major developmental, main large groove running m-d.

Separates the buccal & lingual cusps.

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Central Groove

50
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Multiple depression, shallow saucer like depressions.

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Fossa

51
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Groove that branches of central, onto the buccal and lingual cusps.

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Fossa Groove

52
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Marginal ridge groove and extra grooves are both what?

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Minor (supplemental) groove.

53
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How are grooves named?

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For the the surface or line angle the aim towards!

54
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Found at the depth of fossae and grooves caused by the incomplete fusion of enamel during tooth development

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Grooves & Pits

55
Q

Decay forms easily in what?

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Grooves & Pits

56
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Maxillary canines may have two ____ fossae separated by a ____ ridge

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2 lineal fossae separated by a lingual ridge.

57
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____ (tooth type) especially maxillary, have one broad shallow fossa.

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Inscisors

58
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_____ anterios have no pits but fossa is there.

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Mandibular anteriors

59
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Two-cusps pre-molars have ___ fossa’s in the ___ and ___

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2 Cusps pre-molars:
2 Fossa, 1 mesial 1 distal

60
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3-cusped pre-molars & most molars have ___ fossa’s in the ___, ____, and ___, with pits of same name

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3 fossas
Mesial distal, central fossa

61
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Common location fro pit:

___ on posteriors

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Occlusal

62
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Common location for pit:

___ on maxillary mollars

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Lingual

63
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Common location fro pit:

___ on mandibular

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Buccal

64
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Common location fro pit:

___ on maxillary incisors

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Lingual

65
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Location on the tooth where enamel meets the cement

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Cementoenamel junction (CEJ)

66
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Area on tooth where roots split

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Frucation

67
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CEJ on proximal view curves ____/_____

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Occlusa/ incisal, (like a bowl)

68
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CEJ on facial view curves toward ____

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Root apex (an arch)

69
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V-shaped depression formed by the continuation of the sulcuses of adjacent posterior teeth in a quadrant.

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Sulcular Groove

70
Q

Anteroposterior curve of Spee

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The occlusal.

71
Q

Maxillary curve of spee & mediolateral curve are:

A

Convex U

72
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Mandibular curve of spee & mediolateral curve are:

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Concave (an arch)

73
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When a line connects the buccal and lingual cusps of the same type of molars and premolars on opposite sides of the arch, this side-to-side curve

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Mediolateral Curve of Wilson

74
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An imaginary line that divides the root and tooth into mesial and distal, or into facial and lingual)

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Mid-Root axis line

75
Q

Greatest bulges on the facial/buccal & lingual surfaces.

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Crest of Curvatures

76
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Mandibular molars have the mid root axis tipped ___

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Lingually

77
Q

Importance of the height right height of contour?

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Prevents food impaction in the gingiva.

78
Q

___ ____ protect gingiva from food impaction as well, need to be in the right spot

A

Contact areas

79
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Proximal heights of contour

A

Contact Areas

80
Q

Spaces between teeth

A

Diastema

81
Q

When looking facially:

In terms of proximal contacts: As you are closer to the mesial they are located more ___.

Contact more distal are located more ___

A

Mesial= more insical
Distal= More cervical

82
Q

When looking occlusal:

They are more ____ to the central line

A

More buccal

83
Q

continuous space that surrounds each contact area can be divided into four somewhat triangular

A

Embrasure Spaces

84
Q

What are the 4 kinds of embasures

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-Facial, Buccal (wider)
-Inscial/occlusal & Cervical (normally covered by gums)

85
Q

Which of the following bumps or ridges is NOT likely to be found on a maxillary premolar?

A

Oblique ridge & Cingulum

86
Q

Which ridges help to surround the perimeter of the occlusal surface (occlusal table) of a two-cusped premolar?

A

-Mesial marginal ridge
-Distal marginal ridge
-Mesial cusp ridge of the buccal cusp
-Distal cusp ridge of the lingual cusp

87
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On a two-cusped premolar, which ridges meet to form a transverse ridge?

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-Triangular ridge of the lingual cusp
-Triangular ridge of the buccal cusp

88
Q

Which of the following is (are) NOT a cusp found on three-cusped type premolars?

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-Mesiobuccal
-Distobuccal

89
Q

What is the correct order of anatomic landmarks of a tooth with two roots from the cementoenamel junction to the root tip?

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Cervix, trunk, furcation, apex

90
Q

When viewed from the proximal views, what is the location of the greatest bulge (crest of curvature or height of contour) on the facial surface of all teeth?

A

Cervical third

91
Q

Which space(s) contain(s) the part of the gingiva known as the interdental papilla?

A

Cervical embrasure
Interproximal space

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