Quiz 1 Flashcards
What defines the clinical crown?
What is VISIBLE in the Pt mouth
What is the commonly used term for the CEJ/cementoenamel junction?
“Cervical Line”
What are the raised/convex contours on the lingual surface of POSTERIOR teeth called? (They are not ridges)
Lingual Heights of Contour
What are the unique/irregular depressions/concavities unique to the lingual surfaces of canines?
The 2 fossAE…MesioLingual and DistoLingual fossae!
Where are the lingual heights of contour NOT located on a posterior tooth?
The cervical third
What is a line on the surface of a posterior tooth that does NOT divide primary portions of a tooth (cusps)?
A supplemental groove!
Are supplemental grooves named?
Nope, they are not regular enough
What might a supplemental groove separate on the same cusp?
Triangle Ridges from Cuspal Ridges
IF a supplemental groove IS named, how might it be named?
By its location!
What is the FIRST PRIMARY tooth to erupt? When does it do so?
Man Cent Incisor…8mo
What is the LAST PRIMARY tooth to erupt? When does it do so?
Max 2nd Molar…29mo
What are the only primary teeth not in the oral cavity yet at 20 mo?
primary Man and Max 2nd molars
Which period begins with the emergence and eruption of the Permanent Mandibular 1st molar at age 6?
The Transitional “mixed” dentition period
What does the “mixed dentition period” end with the loss of the last _____ tooth, which is USUALLY the ______ ______ _______ at age ___-____.
Primary….Maxillary Second Molar..11-12
Note the permanent _____ _____ are guided by and emerge distal or posterior to the primary _____ _____.
Permanent 1st molars…..Primary 2nd Molars
The permanent teeth do not begin their eruptive movements until when?
Until after the CROWN has formed