Overview of the Dentition

Question 1

Is your first set of teeth

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Primary dentition

Question 2

Primary Dentition is also known as

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Deciduous Dentition

Question 3

Are the 20 Permanent teeth that replace the 20 primary teeth after they are shed

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Succedaneous teeth

Question 4

This period is the time when children have both primary and permanent teeth

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Mix dentition

Question 5

Begins when the last primary tooth is last

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Permanent Dentition

Question 6

This usually happens at about 12 years of age

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Permanent dentition

Question 7

The two arches of the mouth

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Maxillary

Mandibular

Question 8

The maxillary and mandibular arches are each divided into halves; the resulting four sections are called

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Quadrants

Question 9

The Four types of teeth found in the adult dentition are

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Incisors
Canines or Cuspids
Premolars or Bicuspids
Molar

Question 10

Are the incisors and canines

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Centrals
Laterals
Cupsids

Question 11

The canines are used for

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Cutting

Tearing

Question 12

The molar and premolars are used for

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Chewing

Grinding food

Question 13

The five surfaces of the teeth are

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Mesial
Distal
Facial
Lingual
Masticatory

Question 14

The crown of the tooth narrows toward the cervical line on all the teeth in the dentition.

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Contours the teeth

Question 15

narrows toward the cervical line on all the teeth in the dentition.

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The crown of the tooth

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Defined as the relationship between the maxillary and mandibular teeth when the upper and lower jaws are in fully closed position

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Occlusion

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occurs when the jaws are closed in a position that produces maximal stable contact between the occluding surfaces of the maxillary and the mandibular teeth

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Centric occlusion

Question 18

This system uses the permanent maxillary first molar as key to occlusion and malocclusion

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Angle’s classification system

Question 19

It is the tooth-numbering system used most often in the United States

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Universal number system

Question 20

The permanent teeth are numbered from 1 to 32 starting at

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the upper right third molar

Question 21

The permanent teeth are numbered from _______ starting at the upper right third molar

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1 to 32

Question 22

Uses a two-digit tooth-recording system based on the quadrants

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ISO/FDI numbering system

Question 23

Used brackets to represent each quadrant and number for each tooth in the quadrant; for permanent dentition the central incisor in identified as tooth number 1 in each quadrant

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Palmer notation system

Question 24

Anterior teeth include

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Incisors and canines

Question 25

The ________ of the tooth narrows toward the cervical line on all of the teeth in the dentition

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Crown

Question 26

key to occlusion and malocclusion in the angles classification system

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Maxillary first molar

Question 27

Palmers Notation system used brackets to represent each quadrant and numbers for each tooth in the quadrant; for permanent dentition, the central incisor is identified as tooth letters 1 in each quadrant

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False