tooth morphology stokes

Question 1

what are the names of the faces of the teeth

Answer 1

buccal
palatal (upper)
lingual (lower)
mesial
distal

Question 2

what are fissures

Answer 2

grooves in the tooth

Question 3

for the incisors what are the edges on the tooth

Answer 3

mesial is more angled/squarer

distal more curved

Question 4

how many roots for an incisor

Answer 4

one root

Question 5

shape of the upper lateral incisor

Answer 5

upper smaller version of incisor

Question 6

upper canine

Answer 6

one root

mesial edge usually shorter than distal

Question 7

upper first molar

Answer 7

4 cusps
3 roots (3 buccal and one palatal)
contains cusp of carebelli

Question 8

describe upper first molar cusps

Answer 8

largest mesio palatal
buccal cusps of equal size
small disopalatal cusp

Question 9

upper second molar

Answer 9

4 cusps
3 roots (2 buccal and one palatal)
no cusp of carabelli
smaller version of 6

Question 10

cusps of upper 7

Answer 10

largest mesio palatal
buccal unequal size
narrower mesio distally

Question 11

upper 8 (third molar)

Answer 11

4 cusps
3 roots (3B, 2P)
tapers in towards the back

Question 12

cusps od upper 8

Answer 12

largest mesiopalatal

buccal unequal size

Question 13

upper first premolar

Answer 13

2 cusps
2 roots (1B,1P)
buccal cusp larger
non canine fossa

Question 14

second premolar upper

Answer 14

two cusps
even sized
no canine fossa

Question 15

lower first incisor

Answer 15

1 root (tends to curve distally)
straight incisal edge
sharper medial edge

Question 16

lower second incisor

Answer 16

1 root
sligthly larger than first insisor
fan shaped
not straight from incisal edge view

Question 17

lower canine

Answer 17

1 root
distal profile more rounded
crown is taller and thinner than upper

Question 18

lower first molar

Answer 18

2 roots (1 medial, 1 distal)
five cusps (2 labail, 3buccal)
small distobuccal cusp

Question 19

lower second molar

Answer 19

4 cusps even sized
2 roots (M and D)

Question 20

lower third molar

Answer 20

4 cusps
2 roots (shorter and often fused)

Question 21

lower first premilar

Answer 21

2 cusps lingual small

1 root

Question 22

lower second premialr

Answer 22

3 cups 1 buccal 2 lingul
1 root
mesial margin ridge higher than distal