Tooth Morphology Flashcards
Where is the lingual crest of curvature for all teeth?
in the cervical third
Which of the following junctions can be seen on an intact tooth held in your hand?
a. cementodentinal
b. dentinoenamel
c. cementoenamel
d. enamelopulpal
e. cementopulpal
c.
Which of the following statements is/are true regarding ALL incisors?
a. When viewed from F, crowns are shorter I-G than wide M-D.
b. When viewed from F, crowns are more convex in the M than on the D sides.
c. When viewed from proximal, incisors have a cervical line that is concave, curving apically.
d. When viewed from incisal, crowns have a facial outline (curve) that is broader and less curved than the lingual outline.
e. When viewed from facial, crowns are wider at the cervical line than at the proximal contact area.
d. When viewed from incisal, crowns have a facial outline (curve) that is broader and less curved than the lingual outline.
What ridges make up the transverse ridge of most premolars?
a. buccal and lingual oblique ridges
b. buccal and lingual triangular ridges
c. mesial and distal marginal ridges
d. buccal and lingual cusp slopes or cusp arms
e. buccal and lingual cervical ridges
b. buccal and lingual triangular ridges
Posterior teeth in the permanent dentition include which teeth?
Premolars and molars.
Which tooth surface(s) face(s) the lips or cheeks?
a. facial
b. distal
c. buccal
d. occlusal
e. labial
a. facial
c. buccal
e. labial
Which pairs of teeth have a mesial surface touching a mesial surface?
a. 25 and 26
b. 16 and 17
c. 7 and 8
d. 1 and 32
e. 8 and 9
e. 8 and 9
When viewing tooth No. 8 from the distal view, it can be divided into thirds from the incisal to the cervical and from the facial to the lingual. Which third is NOT possible to see from the distal view?
a. facial
b. cervical
c. middle
d. mesial
e. incisal
d. mesial
If you were observing the faciolingual dimension of a tooth, what surface(s) could you be viewing?
a. mesial
b. occlusal
c. proximal
d. labial
e. distal
a. mesial
b. occlusal
c. proximal
e. distal
If the root-to-crown ratio of a maxillary molar (No. 14) is 1.72 and that of another molar, No. 16, is 1.49, which tooth has the longest root relative to its shorter crown?
a. No 14
b. No 16
c. More information required to answer question.
a. No 14
Which of the following bumps or ridges is NOT likely to be found on a maxillary premolar?
a. oblique ridge
b. cingulum
c. mesial marginal ridge
d. transverse ridge
e. triangular ridge
a. oblique ridge
b. cingulum
Which ridge(s) surround the perimeter of the occlusal surface (occlusal table) of a two-cusped premolar?
a. mesial marginal ridge
b. distal marginal ridge
c. mesial cusp ridge of the buccal cusp
d. distal cusp ridge of the lingual cusp
e. transverse ridge
a. mesial marginal ridge
b. distal marginal ridge
c. mesial cusp ridge of the buccal cusp
d. distal cusp ridge of the lingual cusp
When viewed from the proximal, what is the location of the greatest bulge (crest of curvature or height of contour) on the facial surface of all teeth?
cervical third
Which space(s) contain(s) the part of the gingiva known as the interdental papilla?
a. buccal embrasure
b. occlusal embrasure
c. lingual embrasure
d. cervical embrasure
e. interproximal space
d. cervical embrasure
e. interproximal space
How many developmental lobes form a premolar with two cusps (one buccal cusp and one lingual cusp)?
4 lobes
Which of the following grooves radiate out from the central fossa in a mandibular second molar?
a. central
b. mesiobuccal
c. distobuccal
d. lingual
e. buccal
a. central
d. lingual
e. buccal
Which cusp is the largest and longest on a mandibular second molar?
a. Mesiobuccal
b. Distobuccal
c. Mesiolingual
d. Distolingual
e. Distal
c. mesiolingual
Which cusp may be absent on a mandibular first or third molar?
a. Mesiobuccal
b. Distobuccal
c. Mesiolingual
d. Distolingual
e. Distal
e. distal
When a distal cusp is absent form a mandibular first or third molar, which groove(s) would not be present?
a. Buccal
b. Lingual
c. Mesiobuccal
d. Distobuccal
e. Lingual
c. mesiobuccal
d. distobuccal
Which fossae are found on a mandibular first molar?
a. mesial triangular
b. distal triangular
c. buccal
d. lingual
e. central
a. mesial triangular
b. distal triangular
e. central
Which developmental groove connects with the lingual groove running in the same direction on a mandibular second molar?
a. Meisobuccal
b. Distobuccal
c. Buccal
d. Mesiolingual
e. Distolingual
c. buccal
From which view is only one root visible on a mandibular first molar?
a. mesial
b. distal
c. buccal
d. lingual
e. apical
a. mesial
Which root may occasionally be divided or bifurcated on a mandibular first molar?
a. Buccal
b. Lingual
c. Mesial
d. Distal
e. Mesiobuccal
c. mesial
Which cusp triangular ridge does not meet to form a transverse ridge on a five-cusp first molar?
a. mesiobuccal
b. distobuccal
c. mesiolingual
d. distolingual
e. distal
e. distal
Which ridges form the boundaries of the mesial triangular fossa of a mandibular molar?
a. Triangular ridge of MB cusp
b. Triangular ridge of ML cusp
c. Mesial marginal ridge
d. Buccal cusp ridge of mesiobuccal cusp
e. Lingual cusp ridge of mesiolingual cusp
a. triangular ridge of MB cusp
b. triangular ridge of ML cusp
c. mesial marginal ridge
Which two pairs of triangular ridges make up or joint to form the two transverse ridges on a mandibular second molar?
MB and ML plus DB and DL
List in sequential order the longest to shortest cusps on the mandibular first molar.
ML > DL > MB > DB > D
Which three grooves radiate out from the central fossa in a maxillary first molar?
a. central
b. distolingual
c. transverse groove of oblique ridge (when present)
d. buccal
e. lingual
a. central
c. transverse groove of oblique ridge (when present)
d. buccal
Which cusp on a maxillary first molar has two ridges: one that forms part of a transverse ridge and the other that forms part of an oblique ridge?
ML
Which cusp is the largest and longest on a maxillary second molar?
ML
Which cusp is most likely to be absent on a maxillary second molar?
DL
When the DL cusp is absent on a maxillary second molar, which groove(s) would not be present?
a. Central
b. buccal
c. distal oblique
d. lingual
c. distal oblique
d. lingual
Of the four fossae on a maxillary first molar, which is the largest?
a. Mesial triangular
b. Distal triangular
c. Central
d. Distal
c. central
From which view are only two roots visible on a maxillary first molar?
a. Mesial
b. Distal
c. Buccal
d. Lingual
a. mesial
Which grooves are likely to radiate out of the mesial triangular fossa on the maxillary first molar?
a. Mesiobuccal fossa groove
b. Mesiolingual fossa groove
c. Mesial marginal ridge groove (when present)
d. central
e. buccal
a. mesialbuccal fossa groove
b. mesiallingual fossa groove
c. mesial marginal ridge groove (when present)
d. central
Which two cusps have the ridges that make up or joint to form the oblique ridge on a maxillary molar?
a. MB
b. DB
c. ML
d. DL
e. Cusp of Carabelli
b. DB
c. ML
Which two cusps have a triangular ridge that make up or join to form a transverse (not oblique) ridge on most maxillary molars?
a. MB
b. DB
c. ML
d. DL
e. Cusp of Carabelli
a. MB
c. ML
List in sequential order the largest to smallest cusp area on the maxillary first molar (occlusal view).
ML > MB > DB > DL > cusp of Carabelli (if present)
Which tooth junctions are NOT normally visible on a handheld intact tooth?
a. Cementoenamel junction
b. Dentinoenamel junction
c. Dentinocemental junction
d. Dentiopupal junction
b, c, d
Consider: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, and mandibular canine.
This tooth exhibits less cervical line curvature on the distal aspect than on the mesial aspect.
all: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, mandibular canine
Consider: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, and mandibular canine.
The cingulum is centered mesiodistally.
maxillary canine
Consider: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, and mandibular canine.
There is an almost continuous crown-root outline on the mesial surface of this tooth.
mandibular canine
Consider: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, and mandibular canine.
The mesial contact area is located more incisally than the distal contact area on the same tooth.
all: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, mandibular canine
Consider: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, and mandibular canine.
The cusp tip is positioned lingual to the mid-root axis line from the proximal view.
mandibular canine
Consider: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, and mandibular canine.
Mamelons could be observed on this tooth.
maxillary central incisor
Consider: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, and mandibular canine.
On which tooth is the cusp angle most acute?
maxillary canine
Consider: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, and mandibular canine.
The mesiodistal width of this tooth is greater than it labiolingual width.
maxillary central incisor
Consider: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, and mandibular canine.
The mesial and distal marginal ridges are aligned more vertically than horizontally on the lingual surface.
all: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, mandibular canine
Consider: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, and mandibular canine. The teeth (tooth) develop(s) from 4 lobes.
all: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, mandibular canine
Consider: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, and mandibular canine. The teeth (tooth) develops(s) from 3 lobes.
none - not: maxillary central incisor, maxillary canine, mandibular canine
Consider: maxillary first premolar, maxillary second premolar, mandibular first premolar, mandibular second premolar (two-cusp type), mandibular second premolar (three-cusp type).
Mesial cusp ridge of the buccal cusp is longer than the distal cusp ridge.
maxillary first premolar
Consider: maxillary first premolar, maxillary second premolar, mandibular first premolar, mandibular second premolar (two-cusp type), mandibular second premolar (three-cusp type).
Has a nonfunctioning lingual cusp.
mandibular first premolar
Consider: maxillary first premolar, maxillary second premolar, mandibular first premolar, mandibular second premolar (two-cusp type), mandibular second premolar (three-cusp type).
Two premolars that most frequently have a groove crossing the mesial marginal ridge or one groove just lingual to it.
maxillary first premolar, mandibular first premolar
Consider: maxillary first premolar, maxillary second premolar, mandibular first premolar, mandibular second premolar (two-cusp type), mandibular second premolar (three-cusp type).
Has a depression in the cervical one third of the mesial side of the crown and root.
maxillary first premolar