Mandibular molar Flashcards
What is the largest and strongest set of teeth in the mandibular arch?
Mandibular Molars
What is the crown shape of mandibular molars?
Quadrilateral
Which dimension is wider of mandibular molars, Mesial Distal or Buccal Lingual?
Mesial Distal
True or False: Mandibular molars are longer crevico-occlusally than teeth anterior to them?
FALSE
Mandibular molars are shorter cervico-occlusally than teeth anterior to them, but larger in all other dimensions
True or False: Mandibular molars are longer crevico-occlusally than teeth anterior to them?
FALSE
Mandibular molars are shorter cervico-occlusally than teeth anterior to them, but larger in all other dimensions
How many roots are typically present in mandibular molars?
2 - bifurcated
True or False: The sum of the mesial distal measurement of molars is equal to or greater than the sum of the mesial distal measurements of all teeth anterior to them to the midline
T
First calcification
birth
enamel completion
2.5-3
eruption
6-7 years
root completion
9-10 years
Is the mesial distal width greater than or smaller than the buccal lingual width in the mandibular first molar?
Greater than
How many cusps does the mandibular 1st molar have?
5 cusps
Which root of the mandibular 1st molar curves more distal and usually has 2 canals and 1 foramen?
Mesial Root
Which root of the mandibular 1st molar is more straight that has a single canal and one foramen, but might have 2 canals occasionally?
Distal root
From the buccal aspect, how many cusps are visible?
All 5
Rank the cusps of the mandibular 1st molar from largest to smallest
Mesiobuccal, Mesiolingual, Distolingual, Distobuccal, Distal
What dimension are the 2 roots more broad in?
Bucco/lingual dimension, mesial root is usually bigger
True or false: the lingual cusps are taller than the buccal cusps on the mandibular first molar
T
What groove separates the distobuccal cusp and distal cusp?
Distobuccal Groove
What groove separates the mesiobuccal cusp and the distobuccal cusp?
Mesiobuccal Goove
Where is the height of contour on the mesial?
Junction of the occlusal and middle third
distAL
M1/3
buccal
c 1/3
lingual
m 1/3
From the buccal aspect, what shape is the crown?
Trapezoid
How many cusps can you see from the lingual aspect of the mandibular first molar?
3- mesiolingual, distolingual, and off to the side you can see distal
What groove is between the mesiolingual and distolingual cusps, that extends on the lingual surface?
Lingual Groove
True or False: There is a root depression on the distal aspect
FALSE, Root Depression on Mesial Root
True or False: There is a root depression on the distal aspect
FALSE, Root Depression on Mesial Root