Nomenclature

Question 1

What is the portion of the tooth covered by enamel?

Answer 1

Anatomic Crown; always the same

Question 2

What is the portion of the tooth that is clinically visible?

Answer 2

Clinical Crown; varies with age

Question 3

What are the surfaces that consist of the mesial of one tooth contacting the distal of the adjacent tooth except at the midline and on the distal surface of the third molars?

Answer 3

Proximal Surface

Question 4

What are the surfaces that each posterior tooth has 4 of?

Answer 4

Axial Surfaces; mesial, distal, facial/buccal, lingual

Question 5

Each posterior tooth cusp has ____triangular ridge.

Answer 5

one; triangular ridges are wider at the base than at the cusp tip

Question 6

What are the raised or convex contours on the lingual surfaces of posterior teeth but are not on the cervical part of the crown? the biggest, bulkiest on the lingual surface

Answer 6

Lingual Heights of Contour

Question 7

What is the angle formed by the junction of any two of the four surfaces of the anterior tooth?

Answer 7

Line Angle on the Anterior Teeth; the incisal ridge is not considered a surface.

Question 8

What is the area on the chewing surface of the posterior teeth bordered by the crests of the mesial and distal marginal ridges, crests of the cuspal ridges, and the facial and lingual cusp tips?

Answer 8

Occlusal table

Question 9

What is the a nebulous location of the entire occlusal contacting area that does not have clear delineating landmarks like the occlusal table does?

Answer 9

Occlusal surface extent