occlusal patterns

Question 1

what tooth has a square shaped occlusal surface with. a cross shaped fissure

Answer 1

lower second molars

37, 47

Question 2

what tooth has 5 cusps and on this tooth what cusp is the smallest

Answer 2

lower first molars (16, 26)

disto-buccal cusp is the smallest

Question 3

what tooth has a triangle shaped occlusal surface due to a significantly reduced cusp and what cusp is reduced

Answer 3

upper second molars (17, 27)

disto-palatal cusp is greatly reduced maybe even absent

Question 4

what tooth has a H shaped fissure pattern and a diamond shaped occlusal surface

Answer 4

upper first molars (16, 26)

Question 5

what tooth may have a tubercle of carabele present and on what cusp would this be located

Answer 5

upper first molars (16, 26)

would be present on the palatal surface of the mesio-palatal cusp which is the largest in this tooth

Question 6

On an upper first molar what cusps are the smallest and largest

Answer 6

smallest = disto-palatal , deep fissure separating it 
largest = mesio - palatal

Question 7

on an upper second molar what cusps are the smallest and largest

Answer 7

smallest = disto - palatal (may even be absent) 
largest = mesio - palatal

Question 8

what tooth has a groove running all the way from buccal to lingual surface

Answer 8

lower first molars

Question 9

what tooth sees a fissure run mesio - distally then separate to run either side of a cusp

Answer 9

lower first molars , groove runs distally then branches either side of the small disto-buccal cusp

Question 10

what is the largest cups on a lower second molar

Answer 10

mesio- buccal

Question 11

what tooth sees its two cusps separated by a fissure that often extends over mesial marginal ridge but not the distal

Answer 11

upper first pre molars.

14, 24

Question 12

what tooth has a fissure separating its two cusps mesio - distally but the fissure does not meet either marginal ridge

Answer 12

upper second pre molars (15, 25)

Question 13

what tooth has a known broad distal contact point and a smaller mesial contact point

Answer 13

lower first pre molars

Question 14

what tooth often has a groove extending from the mesial pit to the mesio-lingual surface

Answer 14

lower first pre molars

Question 15

on a lower second pre molar what is the largest cusp

Answer 15

mesio- lingual

either one large cusp or 2 but messy lingual is the largest