Molars Flashcards
What shape is the occlusal view of a Mx 1st molar?
Rhomboidal
What angles of a Mx 1st molar forms a acute angle?
Mesiofacial and distolingual
What angles for the occlusal outline tend to be obtuse angles?
Mesiolingual and distofacial
What Molar tends to taper toward the facial rather then toward the lingual so the buccal embrasure is larger than the lingual?
Mx 1st molar
What is the most prone facial and lingual surfaces of the molars?
Lingual of the Mx and facial of the Mn
What root is the largest on the Mx molar?
Palatal
What is the smallest root of the Mx molar?
Distobuccal
Viewing a Mx molar from the facial, what root is in line with the facial groove of the tooth?
Lingual root
Viewing the Mx 1st molar from the lingual what root is in line with the midpoint of MD diameter?
Palatal root
When a 4th pulp canal is present on a Mx 1st molar where is it located? Which root?
Mesiobuccal root
Of the 3 furcations of the Mx 1st molars, which one is closest to the cervical line?
Mesial
Of the 3 furcations of a Mx 1st M, which one is furthest away from the cervical line?
What is the distance of all of the furcations?
Distal
Mesial < Buccal < distal
What does the oblique ridge form on the Mx 1st molar?
The distal boundary of the central fossa
What does the oblique ridge connect?
The mesiolingual and distobuccal cusps
The mesiolingual cusp of the Mx 1st molar occludes in what ?
In the central fossa of the Mn molar
Which molar has the greatest faciolingual diameter of the crown of all teeth?
Mx 1st molar
Which molar is closest in size FL vs. MD of any other Mx posterior teeth?
Mx 1st molar
Which molar has a wider M-D width toward the facial than toward the lingual?
Mx 1st molar
Which cusp of the Mx molar is not part of the molar cusp triangle?
Distolingual cusp
What is the largest and longest cusp on the Mx 1st molar?
Mesiolingual cusp
What tooth is most likely to be forced into the Mx sinus during an extraction is?
Mx 1st molar
What molar has a distal concavity that can pose special problems in matrix placement?
Mx 1st molar