Lecture 4 Flashcards
upper right premolar numbers
4 and 5
upper left premolar numbers
12 and 13
lower left premolar numbers
20 and 21
lower right premolar numbers
28 and 29
functions of premolars
- mastication
- maintaining vertical dimension of face
- assist canines to cut and shear food
- support cheeks and corners of mouth
Most premolars have _______(one buccal and one lingual) but sometimes there are ____ (one buccal and two lingual)
two cusps; three cusps
premolars develop from ___ facial lobes and from one or two ____ lobes corresponding to one or two ____ cusps
three; lingual; lingual
the CEJ is ____ on premolars, compared to anterior teeth
less curved
roots taper narrower ____ and ____
apically; lingually
premolars have two or three ____ versus _____
occlusal cusps; incisal edge
marginal ridges are more ____, except mesial marginal ridge of mandibular first premolar
horizontal
crowns of premolars are ____ compared to anterior teeth
shorter
height of contour on premolars
- in cervical third on facial (not too close to CEJ except mandibular first premolar)
- in middle third on lingual
proximal contact areas more ____ and broader
cervical
All Premolars From Buccal View: have ___ outline of crown (like canine)
pentagon
All Premolars From Buccal View: contact areas are ____; the distal contact is more ___ than the mesial (except mandibular first premolar)
convex; cervical
All Premolars From Buccal View: ____ cusp ridge is shorter than the ____ (except on the maxillary first premolar)
mesial; distal
All Premolars From Lingual View: crown outline narrows toward ____ so some ____ surfaces are visible (except some three cusp type mandibular second premolars with two lingual cusps, seen best on occlusal view)
lingual; proximal
All Premolars From Lingual View: ____ cusp longer than ____ cusp
buccal; lingual
All Premolars From Lingual View: ___ cusp off center to the ____, except on the mandibular first premolar
lingual; mesial
All Premolars From Proximal Views: ____ marginal ridges are more ____ than ____, except on mandibular first premolar
mesial; occlusal; distal
All Premolars From Occlusal View: they are wider ____ than _____
faciolingually; mesiodistally
All Premolars From Occlusal View: occlusal table bound by ____ and _____
marginal ridges; cusp ridges
All Premolars From Occlusal View: proximal contacts are located ____ to the _____; ____ embrasure spaces are larger
buccal; buccolingual midline; lingual