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100
Tooth #7

What is an upper right lateral?


100

A thin layer of bony tissue covering the root

What is cementum?

100

Surface of the tooth that touches the tongue

What is the lingual?

100

This ortho product is used in children to hold space while waiting for permanent teeth to erupt 

What is a space maintainer?

100

This company makes our full cast crowns

What is Argen?
200

Tooth #25

What is a lower right central?

200

The visual separation between the cheeks and buccal surface of the posterior teeth when one smiles

What is the buccal corridor?

200

The biting surface of a posterior tooth

What is the occlusal?


200

This type of pontic is designed to impinge the patient's tissue, creating the appearance of a tooth emerging from the gingiva

What is an ovate pontic?

200

This city has two delivery routes and drivers

What is Des Moines?

300

Tooth #19

What is a lower left first molar?

300

Each tooth in the mouth has two of this type of ridge

What is a marginal ridge?

300

An anatomical feature (convexity) of anterior teeth found on the lingual

What is a cingulum?

300

This removable product is available in an acrylic, flexible and metal option

What is a partial denture?

300

DPS is the largest distributor for this sleep appliance besides the parent company

What is the Panthera DSAD?

400

Tooth # A

What is the upper right second molar on the deciduous/baby tooth chart?

400

This part of the tooth is composed of prisms or rods that align perpendicular to the dentin and radiate outward

What is enamel?

400

Imaginary line that runs down an individuals' face separating right from left

What is the midline?

400

This type of crown is made from a lithium disilicate glass-ceramic ingot

What is e.max?

400

This company designs our implant abutments

What is Full Contour?

500

The numbering system most commonly found in the United States

What is the Universal numbering system?

500

Each posterior tooth has at least one of this type of groove

What is a dissectional groove?

500

The relationship between maxillary and mandibular teeth

What is occlusion?

500

We use this process to tint implant abutments to a golden hue 

What is to anodize?

500

"ABS", our client management system, is also an acronym for this parent company

What is Atlanta Based Systems?