General Dental & Tooth Anatomy
General Clinical Considerations
Occlusion
Enamel, Dentin, Pulp
The Periodontium
100

This tooth has 3 roots

What is maxillary molars

100

Loss of enamel structure through chemical means (via acid) from cariogenic bacteria by way of dental biofilm

What is caries

100

Trauma to the periodontium from occlusal disharmony

What is occlusal trauma

100

These are masses of mineralized dentin in pulp tissue

What are pulp stones

100

This is an organized fibrous connective tissue surrounding the teeth that supports them and attaches them to the alveoli

What is the periodontal ligament

200

Angle formed by the junction of two crown surfaces

What is a line angle

200

The union of root structure of two or more teeth through cementum only

What is concrescence

200

Failure to have overall ideal form to the dentition while in centric occlusion

What is malocclusion

200

These cells differentiate from pre-ameloblasts to form enamel during amelogenesis

What are ameloblasts

200

The angle that Sharpey's fibers are inserted into the outer surface of the cementum on one side and the alveolar process on the other side

What is 90 degrees or perpendicular

300

The number of quadrants in the oral cavity

What is 4

300

Exposed dentin that is sensitive to various stimuli

What is dentinal hypersensitivity

300

Condition that occurs when a mandibular tooth or teeth are placed facially to the maxillary tooth or teeth

What is a crossbite

300

This junction is formed between dentin and enamel by mineralization of disintegrating membrane

What is the dentinoenamel junction (DEJ)

300

The part of the periodontium that attaches the teeth to the alveolar process by anchoring the PDL

What is the cementum

400

The facial tooth surface closest to the lips

What is labial

400

Dentin dysplasia with hereditary basis and blue-grey or brown teeth with opalescent sheen

Dentinogenesis imperfecta

400

Term describing a Class III malocclusion

What is prognathic

400

This is the crystalline structural unit of enamel

What is an enamel rod

400

The portion of the periodontium that makes up the lining of the tooth socket or alveolus

What is the alveolar bone proper

500

The area where the crowns of adjacent teeth in the same arch touch each adjacent proximal surface

What is the contact area (the contact)

500

Enamel loss through tensile and compressive forces during tooth flexure with parafunctional habits

What is abfraction

500

In this Class of malocclusion in the permanent dentition, the maxillary anterior teeth protrude facially from the mandibular anterior teeth.

What is Class II, Division I

500

Growth by addition of layers to outside of tissue mass such as that occurs to firm or hard tissue such as cartilage, bone, and/or cementum

What is appositional growth

500

The first layers of cementum deposited without embedded cementocytes

What is acellular cementum