Functions of Tth
Anatomic crown is the part of the tooth covered by?
Enamel
This surface is closest to the front of the mouth
Mesial
11
Baby teeth are called?
Primary teeth/dentition
Centre of development and calcification from which a tooth is formed:
lobes
The second layer of each tooth is called?
Dentin
This surface is the biting area of the posterior teeth
occlusal
What tooth number is the mand left wisdom?
38
What is a contact of two adjacent teeth?
Where the touch
•Remnants of lobe formation
• A rounded prominence on the incisal ridge of newly erupted incisors
•Found on maxilla and mandible
•Worn away by attrition shortly after eruption
Mammelons
This portion of the tooth is where the blood supply is?
What order of surfaces would this combination be ?
Mesial, distal, lingual, occlusal
MODL
What quad is the bottom right?
4
Another name for adult teeth?
Permanent teeth/dentition
A fault occurring along a developmental groove caused by incomplete joining of the lobes
Fissure
This is thin-bone like substance covering the outside of the root of the tooth.
Cementum
This surface is the edge of the anterior teeth
incisal
What tooth number is the max, left fifth tooth back?
15
How many teeth are present in a full primary dentition?
20
When 2 fissures cross, this is formed:
Pit
Enamel consists of 95% inorganic material called....
Calcium hydroxyapatite
What is the correct order of these surfaces:
facial, distal, incisal, lingual
DIFL
What tooth is the bottom right canine?
43
What is THE main wait permanent and primary dentition differ?
Primary teeth do not have premolars/bicuspids
A prominence of enamel found on the cervical 1/3 of the lingual surface of the anterior teeth
Cingulum