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Tooth Types and Characteristics Flashcards

1
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Lower tooth area

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Mandibular

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2
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Half of the mouth, either maxillary or mandibular

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Arch

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3
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Half or an arch, right or left, and containing eight teeth

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Quadrant

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4
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Front area of the mouth, from cuspid to cuspid

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Anterior

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5
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Area back from the corners of the mouth

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Posterior

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Single-rooted anterior teeth with a sharp cutting edge

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Incisors

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7
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Single rooted anterior teeth at the corner of the mouth; aka canines

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Cuspids

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8
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Fourth and fifth teeth posterior from the center of the mouth

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Premolars

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9
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Three most posterior teeth

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Molars

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10
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Three roots

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Trifurcation

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11
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Two roots

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Bifurcation

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12
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Top part of the tooth containing the pulp chamber, dentin, and enamel covering

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Crown

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13
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Bottom part of tooth; may be single, bifurcated, or trifurcated

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Root

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14
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Where the enamel of the crown meets the cementum of the root; aka the cementoenamel junction or the cervix of the tooth

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Cervical line

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15
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The tip end of a tooth; one at the end of each root tip

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Apex

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16
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Surface point or area where two teeth touch side by side

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Contact area

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17
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Open area if teeth do not touch

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Diastema

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18
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V-shaped area between the contact point of two teeth and the gingival crest

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Embrasure

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19
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Side wall of a tooth that meets or touches the side wall of another tooth

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Proximal surfaces

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20
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Long-length surface of a tooth

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Axial surface

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21
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Upper tooth area

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Maxillary

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22
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Meeting of two surfaces on a tooth

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Line angle

23
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The meeting of three surfaces on a tooth

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Point angle

24
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Imaginary vertical line bisecting the head at the middle

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Midline

25
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Tooth that counteracts, occludes, or contacts with another tooth in the opposing arch

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Antagonist

26
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Surface of all teeth toward the cheek and/or the lips; further defined as the buccal or labial surface

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Facial

27
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Posterior tooth surface toward the cheeks

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Buccal

28
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Anterior tooth surface toward the lips

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Labial

29
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The surface of all teeth toward the tongue

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Lingual

30
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Side surface of a tooth closest to the midline

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Mesial

31
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Side surface of a tooth farthest from the midline

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Distal

32
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Cutting edge of anterior teeth

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Incisal

33
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Grinding or chewing surface of all posterior teeth (premolars, molars)

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Occlusal

34
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Relative to the root tip end of the tooth

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Apical

35
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Tiny opening in the apex of the root tip(s) that is used for the passage of nerves and vessels

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Apical foramen

36
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Smooth, convex, or rounded bump on the lingual surface near the cervical line on anterior teeth

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Cingulum

37
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A linear elevation

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Ridge

38
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Rounded enamel elevations on the occlusal surface of the posteriors, the linguals of anteriors, and the mesial and distal surfaces of all teeth

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Marginal ridge

39
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Occurs on occlusal surface of the posterior teeth at a point where two triangular ridges meet

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Transverse ridge

40
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Named after the cusps involved in the triangular ridge, form the cusp tips to e central groove on the occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth

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Triangular ridge

41
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A slanting ridge found on the maxillary molars, which is present more on the first molar than the second

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Oblique ridge

42
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A groove or natural depression, slit, or break

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Fissure

43
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A shallow, rounded, irregular depression or concavity on the lingual surface of anterior teeth and on the occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth

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Fossa

44
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Pinpoint depression located at the junction of developed grooves or at the end of a groove

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Pit

45
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Long depression between ridges and cusps

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Sulcus

46
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A rut, furrow, or channel

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Groove

47
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A point on the crown of a tooth

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Cusp

48
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A small, knob-like prominence

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Tubercle

49
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A well-defined part of an organ that develops into a tooth formation

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Lobe

50
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A shallow concave groove located on either the crown or the the root

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Furrow

51
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A high place, projection, or prominence

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Eminence

52
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The place where roots branch apart

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Furcation

53
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Bumps forming a scallop border of the incisal edge on newly erupted anteriors

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Mamelon

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