Dental Anatomy Facts

Difference in space from primary to permanent dentition?

___ mm

When is calcification of primary roots normally completed?

What is the pattern of eruption for primary teeth?

Primate space develops in maxillary primary dentition between?

Mandibular primary primate space is located between?

Primary spacing for anterior teeth is mostly caused by?

Direction of Primary enamel rods in cervical 3rd is in _______ direction?

True or False
Primary molar roots are more divergent than permanent molar roots

True or False

Root trunk of primary molars are prominent

What primary tooth has the smallest faciolingual crown dimension?

In delayed resorption of primary incisors, the permanent incisors usually erupt ______

Which primary teeth exhibits prominent cervical ridges both facially and lingually?

Primary Canine Crown

What incisal slope is longer from facial view?

Where is the cusp tip offset to in the primary canine?

Which primary MAXILLARY tooth has the most prominent cervical ridge

What surface?

Out of all the primary teeth?

Which primary tooth has an oblique ridge?

Which primary tooth exhibits the most prominent facial cervical ridge?

On facial view of primary mandibular 1st molar, where is the CEJ most apically positioned?

Which primary tooth exhibits DISTAL triangular fossa?

Which primary teeth has the most distinct transverse ridge?

Which primary tooth does NOT look like any permanent tooth?

The highest and sharpest cusp on primary mandibular 1st molar is the _____________

Teeth whose function is primarily biting are?

Which tooth has greatest cervical curvature on mesial compared to any other tooth?

CEJ dips deeper

Which ANTERIOR teeth is wider mesiodistally than facio-lingually

Which tooth has measurements that is nearly identical inciso-cervically and mesio-distally

Non-molar tooth that most frequently has Mesial and Distal pulp horn?

Non molar least likely to have bifurcated root?

Non-molar most likely to have bifurcated root?

Where?

Contact between maxillary central and later incisor makes lingual embrasure larger or smaller than facial?

Incisal embrasure between maxillary centrals is larger or smaller than between central and lateral?

Which tooth has most crown shape variations, deviations in crown morphology, and congenitally missing?

What complicates root planning in maxillary lateral incisors?

Which tooth has greatest cervical prominence of any ANTERIOR tooth?

Which tooth from proximal view tends to be positioned with the most vertical axis?

Which tooth has the greatest overall total tooth length and longest root?***

Which ANTERIOR tooth has greatest facio-lingual crown dimension?

Where is the distal contact on maxillary canine?

Which tooth has the potential of contacting both anterior and posterior teeth?

Proximal contact areas of anterior teeth

Where is the cusp tip located facially/lingually?

Which tooth has distal bulge?

What shape does the crown of a canine have from facial view?

Which tooth has straightest mesial alignment of crown to root?

Which tooth has LONGEST CROWN?

Which is narrower mesiodistally?

Maxillary or Mandibular canine?

Root of mandibular canine is what shape in cross section?

Cross section of mandibular canine at CEJ is __________, but wider where?

Cervical cross section of mandibular canine root is __________ in mesio-distal direction

When compared to maxillary canine, mandibular canine has contact areas located more _____________

Which tooth has continuous CONVEX facial surface from incisal to apical end?

Where is the incisal edge of mandibular canine? (lingual or facial)/

Which MAXILLARY tooth has the most pronounced developmental groove?

What makes it difficult to adapt matrix band on maxillary 1st premolar?

What is the shape of cervical cross section of maxillary 1st premolar?

Which non-molar tooth most frequently exhibits 3 roots?

Where is the facial cusp of maxillary 1st premolar offset to?

Which cusp ridge is longer for maxillary 1st premolars?

mesio-facial or disto-facial?

Which tooth has STEEPEST cusp inclines

Maxillary premolar LINGUAL cusps are offset to where?

Which POSTERIOR tooth has the greatest cervico-occlusal crown height?

Which non-molar teeth has the sharpest demarcation between pulp chamber & canal?

Which POSTERIOR tooth is most symmetrical?

Wrinkly tooth

Short central groove with LOTS of supplemental grooves

Which ANTERIOR tooth has nearly identical mesio distal and facio-lingual measurements?

How are mandibular centrals distinguished?

First succedaneous tooth to erupt in the mouth?

Which crown tilts distally in relation to long axis?

Which ANTERIOR tooth has the greatest cervical prominence?

Which MANDIBULAR tooth has the longest root?

Which tooth has a uniquely prominent triangular ridge (snake eyes - no central grooves)

Where is the developmental groove on mandibular 1st premolar?

What is an identifying characteristic for mandibular 1st premolar?

What angle does it run?

Which is the only premolar that frequently has only 1 pulp horn?

Does the lingual cusp of mandibular 1st premolar occlude?

Which tooth has the most variation of ALL POSTERIOR TEETH in facial vs lingual cusp height?

Where is facial masticatory mucosa (attached gingiva) narrowest?

Which tooth has the smallest facio-lingual measurements of ANY POSTERIOR tooth?

Which of ALL mandibular teeth is closest facio-lingual and mesio-distal diameter

What is the occlusal outline of mandibular 2nd premolar?

Occlusal table?

Premolar that is most likely to have a crescent shaped central developmental groove

Where is the shortest interdental papilla? Between which teeth?

Which is the only premolar with multiple lingual cusps?

Which is the only premolar with a lingual groove?

Which is the only premolar with central fossa?

The premolar that most frequently has single central pit is the ____________

What is the most congenitally missing premolar?

Where does the maxillary 1st molar tend to taper toward?

facial/lingual

Which is the largest root of maxillary 1st molar?

What is the smallest root of maxillary 1st molar

Of the 3 furcations of maxillray 1st molar, which is closest to cervical line?

Of the 3 furcations of maxillary 1st molar, which is the furthest from cervical line?

Oblique ridge of maxillary 1st molar forms what boundary of central fossa?

Oblique ridge of maxillary 1st molar connects what cusps?

Which cusp of the maxillary 1st molar occludes with central fossa of mandibular molars>

Which tooth has the greatest facio-lingual diameter of crown of ALL teeth?

Which MAXILLARY POSTERIOR is closest in size facio-lingually vs Mesio-distally?

What is the only cusp of maxillary 1st molar that is not part of molar cusp triangle?

What is the largest and longest cusp of maxillary 1st molar?

What makes it hard to put matrix band on maxillary 1st molar?

Which has shorter disto-lingual groove:
Maxillary 1st or 2nd?

What is the groove pattern of mandibular 1st molar?

What is the occlusal outline of mandibular first molar?

Smallest cusp of mandibular 1st molar?

What is the largest cusp of mandibular 1st molar?

Which has the LARGEST mesiodistal crown dimension of ANY tooth?

Which tooth has the greatest mesiodistal Diameter of all MOLARS?

Which mandibular posterior teeth are the only one WIDER mesio-distally than faciolingually?

Which tooth has largest faciolingual crown dimension of ANY MANDIBULAR tooth

Key feature that differentiates mandibular 1st and 2nd molar

Developmental groove between Distofacial cusp and Distal cusp of mandibular 1st molar is.....

How many roots and canals does mandibular 1st molar usually have?

Which MOLAR tooth has the longest root?

Which tooth has the greatest root separation?

Which cusp of mandibular molars occlude in central fossa of maxillary molars?

Groove pattern for mandibular 2nd molar?

From the occlusal view, where is the greatest faciolingual diameter of mandibular 2nd molar?

True or False

Mandibular molars the only posterior/mandibular teeth that are wider MD than FL

Which has the greatest distal root inclination of any other tooth?

How does the condyles move when the mandible moves from CO to edge to edge

The non-working condyle moves...

What guidance plays the greatest role in discluding the posterior teeth in latero-protrusive movements?

What is the side shift of mandible?

When does Bennet movement occur?

What is the bodily shift of mandible toward working condyle?

Physiological rest position is also known as

Mandibular postural position is determined almost exclusively by behavior of

What muscle do you use to move PP to CO

What direction do enamel rods go in cervical third of permanent teeth?

What are striae of retzius?

What percentage of dentin is organic?

What is the primary function of dental pulp?

What forms dentin?

Dentin that is most highly mineralized is where

DEJ occurs at the junction of?

Dental papilla cells in contact with the inner enamel epithelium are the ?

What are the 2 types of cementum?

All teeth develop from 4 lobes EXCEPT

Which marginal ridge is more cervical in the mandibular 1st premolar?

What type of collagen is predominant connective tissue for periodontial ligament fibers?

Which PDL fibers provide major support for a tooth during furcation?

Which PDL fibers reduces likelihood of forceful impaction into alveolus?

What are transseptal fibers?

All teeth have Facial Heights of Contour in the cervical third except for?

Where are the lingual heights of contour of:

Anterior teeth?
Posterior teeth?

"CEJ dips deeper"

Facio-lingual contacts

Facial embrasure is always thinner than lingual embrasure EXCEPT