Tooth Landmarks & Morphology Flashcards
List the surfaces of teeth
-Lingual (palatal for maxillary teeth)
-Facial (labial and buccal)
-Proximal (faces neighboring tooth)
-Occlusal (biting/chewing surface)
Vertical Divison of Crown Surfaces- Direct facial and lingual surfaces
-mesial third
-middle third
-distal third
Vertical Divison of Crown Surfaces- proximal surfaces
-facial third
-middle third
-lingual third
Horizontal Division of Crown Surfaces
-incisal/occlusal 3rd
-middle 3rd
-cervical 3rd
Horizontal Division of Root Surfaces
-cervical third
-middle third
-apical third
What does the root-to-crown ratio represent?
larger ratio: relatively larger root compared to crown
small ratio: nearly equal root and crown lengths
Line angles are formed at the junction of ___ surfaces
2
How are line angles named?
according to the surfaces they join with proximal name first and occlusal/incisal name last
example/ distolabial, mesiobuccal
List the ANTERIOR Teeth line angles
-labioincisal
-mesiolingual
-mesiolabial
-linguoincsial
-distolingual
-distolabial
List the POSTERIOR Teeth line angles
-mesio-occlusal
-mesiolingual
-mesiobuccal
-bucco-occlusal
-linguo-occlusal
-distolingual
-distobuccal
-disto-occlusal
Point angles are formed at the junction of ___ surfaces
3
List the point angles for ANTERIOR teeth
-mesiolabioincisal
-mesiolinguoincisal
-distolabioincisal
-distolinguoincisal
List the point angles for POSTERIOR teeth
-mesiobucco-occlusal
-distolinguo-occlusal
-distobucco-occlusal
-mesiolinguo-occlusal
Another word for fusion in dentistry isβ¦
Coalescence
True or False: Developmental grooves remain after fusion
True; due to separate parts of the tooth being formed by lobes