Unit 4 Flashcards
Oral cavity
Bound anteriorly and laterally by teeth and alveolar processes, superiorly by hard and soft palate, Posteriorly by palatoglossal arch, and inferiorly by muscular floor (mostly the tongue)
Oropharyngeal isthmus
Port through which oral cavity communicates with nasal and pharyngeal cavities. Bound by anterior faucial pillars, soft palate, and dorsum of tongue
Functions of teeth
Biological: chewing and beginning digestion
Non-biological: appearance and speech production (f,v,th)
Types of teeth
Incisors (lateral and central) 8 Canines (cuspids) 4 Premolars (bicuspids) 8 Molars 12 Note: cusp is elevation on chewing surface of tooth
Occlusion
The full meeting or contact, in a position of rest, of the masticating surfaces of the upper and lower teeth (molars)
Type I occlusion
Normal: cusp of tooth fits into groove of lower tooth
Type II occlusion
A returned mandible, with respect to the maxillae, top cusp in front of bottom groove
Type III occlusion
A protruded mandible in relationship to the maxillae, top cusp behind bottom groove
Axiversion of teeth
Which way teeth are tipping
Infraversion of teeth
Tooth not through all the way, tooth not erupted all sufficiently to reach the line of occlusion
Supraversion
Tooth grown too high, past normal line of occlusion
Torsioversion
Tooth is rotated on its long axis
Distoversion
A tilting distally backward of the posterior teeth
Labioversion
Tilting of tooth towards lips or cheek
Linguoversion
Tilting of tooth towards the tongue
Mesioversion
Tilting of posterior teeth towards the midline of the anterior teeth
Supernumerary teeth
More teeth than the average person
Ectopic teeth
Teeth that occur where they are not expected
Orbicularis oris
An unpaired oval ring of muscle fibers located within the lips
Function: a sphincter muscle which, when contracted, closes the mouth and puckers the lips
*concern with eating and swallowing, bilabial consonants, and the rounding of some consonant sounds
Lip landmarks
Philtrum- b/t nose and top lip
Cupid’s bow- middle of upper lip
Vermillion zone- the pink part
Transverse facial muscles (2)
Buccinator
Risorius
Buccinator
Principle muscle of cheek
Origin: pterygomandibular ligament
Insertion: corner of mouth, upper and lower lips
Function: when contracted compresses the lips and cheeks against teeth and draws the corners of the mouth laterally
-prevents food from falling into the Buccal cavity