Lecture 2 Flashcards
Crown division arch to back:
Mesial, medial, distal
Crown division top to bottom
Occlusal/incisal, middle, cervical
Crown division proximal view (side view)
Facial, medial, lingual – still occlusal/incisal, middle, cervical
Crown division
Broken in 3rds.
Order of terms in description
- mesial
- distal
- facial/labial/buccal
- lingual
- occlusal/incisal
- Cervical/apical
Surface junctions
Two surfaces that join (line angle) - distolabial is an example.
3 surface point angle example
mesiofacio-occlusal point angle
Point angle
3 surfaces meet.
Dimension
Distance between two opposite walls (mesiodistal dimension is example).
Root to crown ratio
Ratio changes in life, many times clinically the root becomes exposed. Smaller ratio (closer to 1) denotes near equal crown and root length. Larger is opposite.
Linear depressions
Not rounded - the grooves. Not present on anterior, but present on occlusal surface of posterior teeth.
Central groove
Middle between buccal and lingual cusps, run mesiodistally.
Marginal ridge grove
M (see slide)
Fossa developmental grooves
Extend toward line angles (distobuccal fossa group). Separate lobes.
Supplemental grooves
Smaller grooves (marginal ridge, extra, etc). Can surround triangle. Not marking junction of important areas.
Other grooves:
buccal grooves on molar, lingual grooves on molar. Separate lingual and buccal cusps respectively.
Fossae
Shallow bowl-like depressions. On lingual surface of anterior teeth, occlusal of posterior teeth.
Pit and fissure
Decay starts in grooves and spreads more quickly once in dentin. Deepest part of groove - enamel can sometimes not fuse completely, exposing dentin. This is a fissure. Pit is the same but with fossa.
Fissure
Exposure of dentin due to lack of fusing on groove.
Tooth with tendency for pits
Maxillary lateral (sometimes central) incisors. Have deep fossa.
Cingulum
Bump at cervical lingual portion of tooth
Apex
root tip
Furcal area
Area between split roots - triangular, other end for sulcus
Root trunk
Before any split.
Furcation
Area of root where it splits. If 2 - bifurcation. If 3 - trifurcation
CEJ on proximal curves towards
Incisal/occlusal
CEJ on facial curves towards
Apex
Mesial curves more than
Distal