The teeth

Question 1

What is the general function of the teeth?

Answer 1

to break down food material during mastication in order to increase its surface area to facilitate enzyme activity and absorption

Question 2

What is the hardest substance in the human body?

Answer 2

Enamel of the teeth

Question 3

What covers the crown of the tooth?

Answer 3

Enamel

Question 4

What is directly internal to the enamel?

Answer 4

Dentin

Question 5

What makes up most of the tooth?

Answer 5

Dentin

Question 6

What fills the central cavity of the tooth?

Answer 6

Pulp

Question 7

What is contained within the pulp?

Answer 7

blood vessels, nerves, lymphatics all enter the pulp through the apical foramen

Question 8

What is the bone like substance that covers the root of the tooth?

Answer 8

Cementum

Question 9

What is the part of the tooth that projects above the gingivae and is covered by enamel?

Answer 9

The Crown

Question 10

What is the junction between the crown and root of the tooth?

Answer 10

Neck

Question 11

What is the part of the tooth that is embedded within the alveolar process of the maxilla or mandible and is covered by cementum?

Answer 11

Root

Question 12

What is the common name for the gingivae?

Answer 12

The Gums

Question 13

What is the gingivae?

Answer 13

Specialized oral mucosa that surrounds the teeth and covers adjacent alveolar bone

Question 14

What is the type of tooth that is chisel-shaped and designed for cutting?

Answer 14

Incisors

Question 15

These single rooted, pointed teeth are made for cutting and are used for puncturing and tearing. What teeth are these?

Answer 15

Canines

Question 16

What teeth are single rooted, with broad chewing surfaces and are used for grinding?

Answer 16

Pre-Molars

Question 17

What teeth are multi-rooted with very broad chewing surfaces and are used for grinding?

Answer 17

Molars

Question 18

What is the surface of the teeth that faces the lip in the inscisors and canines?

Answer 18

Labial Surface

Question 19

What surface of the teeth that faces the cheeks int eh premolars and molars?

Answer 19

Buccal surface

Question 20

What is the surface of the teeth that faces the tongue?

Answer 20

Lingual Surface

Question 21

What is the surface of the teeth that faces anterior and toward the mid-line?

Answer 21

Mesial Surface

Question 22

What is the surface of the teeth that faces posterior and away from the mid-line?

Answer 22

Distal Surface

Question 23

What is the surface of the teeth that is used for chewing?

Answer 23

Occlusal Surface

Question 24

What is the dentition?

Answer 24

The set of the teeth

Question 25

What is the total number of deciduous teeth? How many are in each quadrant?

Answer 25

20; 5

Question 26

What is the total number of permanent teeth? How many are in each quadrant?

Answer 26

32; 8

Question 27

What teeth are missing in the deciduous teeth?

Answer 27

Premolars

Question 28

What teeth will replace the deciduous molars?

Answer 28

Adult/Permanent Premolars

Question 29

Which teeth are commonly called the “wisdom teeth”? Why are they called this?

Answer 29

The 3rd Molar in the adult teeth: They do not erupt until 17-20 years of age

Question 30

What is the innervation of the Maxillary (upper) teeth?

Answer 30

Superior Alveolar Branches of the Maxillary Division of the Trigeminal Nerve (CN V)

Question 31

What is the innervation of the Mandibular (lower) teeth?

Answer 31

Inferior Alveolar Branches of the Mandibular Division of the Trigeminal Nerve (CN V)