Anatomical Landmarks
The structure that hangs down from the posterior margin of the soft palate.
What is the Uvula?
The scalloped junction between the attached gingiva and alveolar mucosa.
What is the Mucogingival Junction?
The bumps on the incisal edge of a newly erupted permanent incisor.
What are Mamelons?
The permanent tooth that has a cusp of Carabelli.
What is the permanent maxillary first molar?
The number of teeth in the normal primary dentition.
What is 20?
The vertical groove extending from the nasal septum to the upper lip.
What is the Philtrum?
The specific fibres that attach into the cementum and alveolar bone proper. (not PDL)
What are Sharpey's fibers?
Smallest teeth of the permanent dentition
What are md incisors (centrals & laterals)?
The only premolar to have 2 roots.
What is the maxillary first premolar?
Prolonged night-time use of a baby bottle containing liquids other than water cause this condition.
What is early childhood caries (baby bottle tooth decay)?
The 7-15 large mushroom-shaped lingual papillae along the anterior side of the sulcus terminalis.
What are the Circumvallate Papillae?
The non-keratinized valley between the peaks of the interdental papillae that must be probed accurately.
What is the Col?
Most stable anterior tooth with the longest root in the permanent dentition.
What is the maxillary canine?
The permanent mandibular molar that has 5 cusps - 3 buccal and 2 lingual.
What is the md first molar?
These 2 numbers refer to the position of baby molars from the midline
What are 4's and 5's?
The fold of tissue that extends from the junction of the hard and soft palate down to the mandible.
What is the Pterygomandibular Fold (Raphe)?
This lines the floor of the gingival sulcus and attaches to the tooth surface like a gasket.
What is the Junctional Epithelium?
The tooth most likely to exhibit a linguogingival groove.
What is the permanent maxillary lateral?
Maxillary tooth that has occlusal grooves resembling 2 sideways peace signs (or a bowtie)
What is max first premolar?
The tooth number of the baby second molar on lower left
What is 75?
Small bilateral elevations of tissue on the buccal mucosa opposite max 2nd molar protecting opening of the Stensen duct.
What are the parotid papillae?
These 3 tissues are the attachment apparatus
What are cementum, alveolar bone and periodontal ligament (PDL?
The most prominent anterior tooth that has a squared off mesial-incisal angle compared to a more rounded distal-incisal angle.
What is the max central?
The point angle on a posterior tooth where the mesial, lingual and occlusal surfaces meet.
What is the mesiolinguo-occlusal line angle?
The primary tooth that most closely resembles the permanent md first molar.
What is the primary mandibular second molar?