Module 18-A

Question 1

A supernumerary tooth is termed?

Answer 1

Hyperdontia

Question 2

A supernumerary tooth that is towards the midline is termed?

Answer 2

Mesiodens

Question 3

A supernumerary tooth that is towards the distal is termed?

Answer 3

Distodens

Question 4

Anodontia means?

Answer 4

Congenitally Missing

Question 5

What is the term for a tooth that the root has become “glued” to the surrounding bone?

Answer 5

Ankylosed

Question 6

Enameloma means?

Answer 6

Enamel Pearls

Question 7

Enamel pearls look like ______ radiographically?

Answer 7

pulp stones

Question 8

Fusion occurs when ______ and one other tissue of an _______ ______ unite?

Answer 8

dentin

adjacent tooth

Question 9

If you see two crowns clinically, but there is only 1 root seen radiographically, this is termed?

Answer 9

Germination

Question 10

Fusion has ______ crown/s and ______ root/s?

Answer 10

1

2

Question 11

What is the term for a tooth when the enamel invaginates or folds into the tooth?

Answer 11

Dens en Dente

Question 12

Dilaceration means?

Answer 12

A s-shape or wave in the root or crown development

Question 13

What condition is a developmental defect that results in elongated pulp chambers and short roots?

Answer 13

Taurodontia: Bull teeth

Question 14

Amelogenesis Imperfecta is when _____ is absent, ______, and poor _______. However, the ______ and ______ are normal?

Answer 14

enamel
thin
quality
dentin
roots

Question 15

Dentinogenesis Imperfecta is when there is poor _______ formation, _______ roots, and early _______ of the pulp chambers?

Answer 15

dentin
short
calcification

Question 16

Microdontia means?

Answer 16

small teeth (peg laterals)

Question 17

Large teeth are termed?

Answer 17

Macrodontia

Question 18

What is the term for a union of roots by their cementum?

Answer 18

Concrescence

Question 19

What kind of anomalies form around crowns of un-erupted teeth caused by a defect in the eruption process?

Answer 19

Dentigerous (folicular) cyst

Question 20

An Ameloblastoma is a _____ ____ growing tumor that is seen as a ____ area on an x-ray?

Answer 20

Benign
Aggressive
Radiolucent

Question 21

Ameloblastoma’s are most frequently in the region of the _______

Answer 21

angle of the mandible

Question 22

Ameloblastoma’s arise from ________ and may progress into several _______

Answer 22

dental lamina remnants

compartments

Question 23

What is the term for tumors of small, mis-shaped teeth that can contain enamel, dentin, cementum, and pulp formations?

Answer 23

Complex/Compound Odontomas

Question 24

A _______ odontoma occurs more frequently. It contains tooth-like structures in a radiolucent sack?

Answer 24

Compound

Question 25

Complex Odontomas are large ______ mass of ______ contained in a radiolucent area

Answer 25

radiopaque

tissue