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Teeth AHS1 Flashcards

1
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What is the surface of the tooth called that’s facing the middle of the mouth/tongue?

A

Palatal /lingual

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What is the surface of the tooth called that’s facing the cheek called?

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Vestibular

Or buccal/labial

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3
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What is the surface of the tooth called that’s facing rostrally between the teeth?

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Mesial surface

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4
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What is the surface of the tooth called that’s facing caudally between the teeth?

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Distal surface

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5
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What is the surface on top of the tooth above the gums called?

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Coronal surface or occlusal

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6
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What is the surface on the bottom of the tooth under the gums called?

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Apical surface or the root

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7
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What is the classification of teeth that are implanted in deep sockets?

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Thecodont

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8
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What is the classification of teeth that are attached to the medial surface of the jaw?

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Pleurodont

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9
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What is the classification of teeth that are balanced on top of the occlusal surface?

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Acrodont

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10
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What is the name of the tooth socket?

A

Alveoli

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11
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What animals have thecodont teeth?

A

Mammals

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12
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What animals have pleurodont teeth?

A

Lizards

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13
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What animals have acrodont teeth?

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Snakes

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14
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What is the classification of teeth that have multiple sets in their lifetime?

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Polyphyodont

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15
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What is the classification of teeth that have two sets of teeth?

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Diphyodont

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16
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What animals have diphyodont teeth?

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Mammals

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17
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What are the names of the two sets of diphyodont teeth?

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Temporary/deciduous/milk

Permanent

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18
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What is the classification when teeth have different shapes in different regions of the mouth for different functions?

A

Heterodont

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19
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What are brachydont teeth?

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Short crowns, enamel above the gum line

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20
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What are hypsodont teeth?

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Long crowns, enamel extends below the gum line

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21
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What animals have brachydont teeth?

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Carnivores

Omnivores

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22
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What animals have hypsodont teeth?

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Herbivores

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23
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What are animals with long skull shapes called?

A

Dolicocephalic

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24
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What are animals with medium length skull shapes called?

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Mesaticephalic

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25
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What are animals with short skull shapes called?

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Brachycephalic

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26
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What is the term for an underbite?

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Prognathia

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27
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What is the term for an overbite?

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Brachynathia

28
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What is the term for teeth that shouldn’t be there?

A

Supernumary teeth

29
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What is the toothless gap called in horses?

30
Q

What is the name for the premolar that is very small in horses?

A

The wolf tooth

31
Q

What are features of a ruminants teeth?

A

Dental pad

Canines are integrated to the incisors - not noticeable gap

32
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What are the names for the biggest teeth in carnivores?

A

Carnassial teeth

33
Q

Which teeth are the carnassial teeth?

A

Upper - 4th premolar - 3 roots

Lower - 1st molar - 2 roots

34
Q

What are specialised teeth that primates have?

A

Compression teeth

35
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What are the 3 layers of the tooth? (out to in)

A

Enamel
Dentine
Cement

36
Q

What is the name of the ligament that holds the tooth in the socket?

A

Periodontal ligament

37
Q

On the ocular surface of a horses tooth what colour are the different calcified tissues?

A

Enamel - white
Dentine - dark
Cement - yellow/brown

38
Q

Which surfaces of horse teeth become sharp due to irregular chewing?

A

Buccal edge of upper teeth

Lingual edge of lower teeth

39
Q

What can be seen on the occlusial surface of a 5 year old horse?

A

A cup in the middle that is dark

40
Q

What is the name for a group of teeth?

41
Q

What are the two sections of the mandible?

A

Body - horizontal part

Ramus - vertical part

42
Q

What artery supplies the blood supply to the teeth?

A

Branches of the maxillary artery

43
Q

What provides innervation to the teeth?

A

The trigeminal nerve

44
Q

What is the formula for the deciduous dentition of a puppy?

A

I3-C1-P3
I3-C1-P3
=28 teeth

45
Q

What is the formula for the canine permanent dentition?

A

I3-C1-P4-M2
I3-C1-P4-M3
=42 teeth

46
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What type of crown do canine upper incisors have?

A

Trilobed crown

47
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What type of crown do canine lower incisors have?

A

Bilobed crown

48
Q

How many roots does the canine 1st premolar have?

A

One or two

49
Q

What tooth is the canine upper carnassial and how many roots does it have?

A

4th upper premolar

3 roots

50
Q

What number is the first molar always?

51
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What tooth is the canine lower carnassial tooth and how many roots does it have?

A

1st molar

2 roots

52
Q

What is the formula for feline deciduous dentition?

A

I3-C1-P3

I3-C1-P2

53
Q

What is the formula for feline permanent dentition?

A

I3-C1-P3-M1

I3-C1-P2-M1

54
Q

Which premolars are missing in feline dentition?

A

P1 of the upper arcade

P1 and P2 of the lower arcade

55
Q

Which tooth of the cats is the only one with 3 root?

A

4th upper premolar - carnassial

56
Q

Which molars are missing in the feline dentition?

A

M2 of the upper arcade

M2 and M3 of the lower arcade

57
Q

What is a common dental problem in cats?

A

FORLs - feline odontoclastic resorptive lesions

Initially affects the tissues surrounding the tooth, then affects the tooth and causes it to collapse

58
Q

What is the formula for equine deciduous dentition?

A

I3-C0-P3

I3-C0-P3

59
Q

What is the formula for equine permanent dentition?

A

I3-C1-P3(4)-M3

I3-C1-P3(4)-M3

60
Q

What is it called when the bite of teeth dont match up properly?

A

Malocclusion and prognathia - when either of the jaws protrude abnormally

61
Q

What is a diastema?

A

Toothless gap - name for both normal and abnormal gaps

62
Q

What are the reasons for performing equine tooth extraction?

A 
Fractured teeth
Malaligned
Supernumerary
Retained deciduous teeth
Impaction
Abscesses
63
Q

Ways of performing complicated equine oral surgery?

A

Repulsion - Cut out window of bone and hammer through

Buccotomy - cut into the cheek

64
Q

What is the most common system used for dental nomenclature and what is it?

A

The Triadian system

It assigns each tooth a 3 digit number depending on the quadrant it is in and the teeth in sequence

65
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What are the 4 quadrants of the mouth?

A

1 - upper left
2 - upper right
3 - lower right
4 - lower left

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