Teeth

Question 1

Which direction is the cingulum of a maxillary central and lateral incisor?

Answer 1

Shifted slightly distal

Question 2

Which teeth have a disto-lingual twist?

Answer 2

Maxillary centrals
Mandibular laterals
Mandibular canines

Question 3

Which teeth have their mesial proximal contacts located in the incisal 1/3?

Answer 3

Maxillary centrals
Maxillary laterals
Mandibular centrals
Mandibular laterals
Mandibular canines

Question 4

Which teeth have their distal proximal contacts located in the incisal 1/3?

Answer 4

Mandibular centrals

Mandibular laterals

Question 5

Which tooth has their distal proximal contact located in the occlusal 1/3?

Answer 5

Mandibular first premolar

Question 6

Which tooth has a deeper depression on the mesial than the distal?

Answer 6

Maxillary first premolar

Question 7

Which teeth do not have root depressions on the mesial or distal usually?

Answer 7

Maxillary central incisors

Maxillary lateral incisors (sometimes they do sometimes they don’t)

Question 8

Which tooth is typically the longest in the mouth?

Answer 8

Maxillary canine

Question 9

Which tooth has a longer mesial ridge than distal ridge on the buccal cusp?

Answer 9

Maxillary first premolar

Question 10

Which tooth exhibits a distal pinch?

Answer 10

Maxillary canine

Question 11

Which tooth has a longer crown than the maxillary canine?

Answer 11

Mandibular canine

Question 12

Which tooth exhibits a straight mesial profile with a curved distal profile?

Answer 12

Mandibular canine

Question 13

Which tooth has a mesial groove that extends over the mesial marginal ridge typically?

Answer 13

Maxillary first premolar

Question 14

Which premolar has both buccal and lingual cusps of the same height?

Answer 14

Maxillary second premolar

Question 15

Which teeth can have an extra cusp

Answer 15

Maxillary first molar - Cusp of caribelli
Mandibular second premolar - (3-cusp)
(Mandibular first molar, some have 4 some have 5 with a distal cusp)

Question 16

Which tooth would you observe an H or U pattern in the occlusal groove?

Answer 16

Mandibular second premolar (2-cusp)

Question 17

Order of eruption of permanent teeth.

Answer 17

1. Mandibular centrals
   Maxillary and mandibular first molars
2. Maxillary centrals
    Mandibular laterals
3. Maxillary laterals
4. Mandibular canines
5. Maxillary and mandibular first premolars
    Maxillary second premolars
6. Maxillary canine
    Mandibular second premolars
7. Maxillary and mandibular second molars
8. Maxillary and mandibular third molars