Language of Dentistry Flashcards

1
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Towards the midline

A

Mesial

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2
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Away from the midline

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Distal

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3
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Upper

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Superior

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4
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Lower

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Inferior

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5
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Looking at the way teeth move medial and laterally

A

Dynamic Occlusion

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6
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Canine to canine

A

Anterior

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7
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Premolar & molars

A

Posteriors

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8
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Anterior & posterior movement

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Potrusion

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9
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Superior & inferior movement

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Opening

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10
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Towards the apex

A

Apical

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11
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To the lips

A

Labial (anterior teeth)

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12
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Tongue side

A

Lingual

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13
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Bitting surface of anteriors

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Incisal

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14
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Toward cheeks

A

Buccal (posterior teeth)

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15
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Towards palette on maxillary

A

Paletal

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16
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Area where mesial and distal surfaces touch

A

Proximal

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17
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Occlusal Surface

A

Posterior teeth

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18
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Where two sides of a tooth meet in a line.

A

Line angle/ surface junction

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19
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Surface junction or dimension?
Ex. Distolabial

A

Surface junction

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20
Q

Surface junction or dimension?
Ex. Mesiobuccal

A

Surface junction

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21
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Point angles, it’s a dimension, sides don’t meet.

A

Dimension

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22
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Surface junction or dimension?
Ex. Mesiodistal

A

Dimension.

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23
Q

Surface junction or dimension?
Ex. Buccolingual

A

Dimension

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24
Q

Looking at the teeth from the front overall is a ____ view

A

Facial View

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25
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Looking at the teeth bitting from the side is an overall ___ view

A

Lateral view

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26
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Looking at either upper or lower from above is a ____ view

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Occlusal view

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27
Q

How many views do you split each side of a tooth into?

A

3 views

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28
Q

Distal 3rd, middle 3rds, mesial 3rds

what side(s) of the tooth are you looking at?

A

Facial; labial or buccal view

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29
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Lingual 3rd, middle 3rds, Labial 3rd

what side(s) of the tooth are you looking at and is it posterior or anterior?

A

Mesial or distal view on an Anterior

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30
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Lingual 3rd, middle 3rds, Buccal 3rd

what side(s) of the tooth are you looking at and is it posterior or anterior?

A

Mesial or distal view of a posterior tooth.

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31
Q

What three sections do you split the root of the tooth into?

A

cervical 3rd, middle 3r, apical 3rd

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32
Q

Cervical 3rd, middle 3rd, Occlusal 3rd

what side(s) of the tooth are you looking at and is it posterior or anterior?

A

Buccal or lingual view on a posterior

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33
Q

Ratio of the length of the root to the length of the crown or vice verse.

root/crown

A

Root to crown ratio

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34
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What does a small root to crown ration mean? ~1

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Length of the crown and the root are similar

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35
Q

What does a small root to crown ration mean? <1

A

Smaller root than crown

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36
Q

If you were conducting a bridge prep and try to know if a tooth was a good candidate to be an anchor, how would you use the root to crown ratio to deduce candidacy of the tooth?

A

Small ratio= short root= bad anchor
Large ratio= long root= good anchor

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37
Q

Most cusps are named after what?

A

Closest tooth surface or line angle

38
Q

Arms that come off a cusps, they portrude are called?

A

Cusp ridge/arm

39
Q

Ridges that form the mesial and distal borders of the lingual surfaces on anterior teeth
and the mesial and distal borders of occlusal surfaces on posterior teeth.

A

Marginal Ridge

40
Q

Two ridges from one ___ or ____ ridge

A

Transverse or oblique

41
Q

Anterior Canines have what ridges?

A

Labial ridge
Lingual ridge (subtle)

42
Q

Outline formed by connection of all the ridges. Bound by 6 ridges. Chewing surface

A

Occlusal table

43
Q

Outline surrounding the entire tooth when looking at it occlusal.

A

Occlusal Outline

44
Q

A bulge on the cervical third of anterior teeth. Normally where marginal ridges converge.

A

Cingulmum

45
Q

A ridge or bulge running mesiodistally in the cervical one third of the facial surface of crown (permanent molars)

A

Buccal Cervical Ridge; height of contour

46
Q

Three small bulges or tubercles on the incisal edges of newly erupted incisors. Usually wear off with age.

A

Mamelons

47
Q

Horizontal ridges on the enamel surface. Form from overlapping of layers of enamel lade down during tooth formation.

A

Perikymata

48
Q

broad V-shaped depression or valley on the occlusal surface of each posterior teeth running mesiodistally between the buccal and lingual cusps

A

Sulcus/Groove

49
Q

Major developmental, main large groove running m-d.

Separates the buccal & lingual cusps.

A

Central Groove

50
Q

Multiple depression, shallow saucer like depressions.

A

Fossa

51
Q

Groove that branches of central, onto the buccal and lingual cusps.

A

Fossa Groove

52
Q

Marginal ridge groove and extra grooves are both what?

A

Minor (supplemental) groove.

53
Q

How are grooves named?

A

For the the surface or line angle the aim towards!

54
Q

Found at the depth of fossae and grooves caused by the incomplete fusion of enamel during tooth development

A

Grooves & Pits

55
Q

Decay forms easily in what?

A

Grooves & Pits

56
Q

Maxillary canines may have two ____ fossae separated by a ____ ridge

A

2 lineal fossae separated by a lingual ridge.

57
Q

____ (tooth type) especially maxillary, have one broad shallow fossa.

A

Inscisors

58
Q

_____ anterios have no pits but fossa is there.

A

Mandibular anteriors

59
Q

Two-cusps pre-molars have ___ fossa’s in the ___ and ___

A

2 Cusps pre-molars:
2 Fossa, 1 mesial 1 distal

60
Q

3-cusped pre-molars & most molars have ___ fossa’s in the ___, ____, and ___, with pits of same name

A

3 fossas
Mesial distal, central fossa

61
Q

Common location fro pit:

___ on posteriors

A

Occlusal

62
Q

Common location for pit:

___ on maxillary mollars

A

Lingual

63
Q

Common location fro pit:

___ on mandibular

A

Buccal

64
Q

Common location fro pit:

___ on maxillary incisors

A

Lingual

65
Q

Location on the tooth where enamel meets the cement

A

Cementoenamel junction (CEJ)

66
Q

Area on tooth where roots split

A

Frucation

67
Q

CEJ on proximal view curves ____/_____

A

Occlusa/ incisal, (like a bowl)

68
Q

CEJ on facial view curves toward ____

A

Root apex (an arch)

69
Q

V-shaped depression formed by the continuation of the sulcuses of adjacent posterior teeth in a quadrant.

A

Sulcular Groove

70
Q

Anteroposterior curve of Spee

A

The occlusal.

71
Q

Maxillary curve of spee & mediolateral curve are:

A

Convex U

72
Q

Mandibular curve of spee & mediolateral curve are:

A

Concave (an arch)

73
Q

When a line connects the buccal and lingual cusps of the same type of molars and premolars on opposite sides of the arch, this side-to-side curve

A

Mediolateral Curve of Wilson

74
Q

An imaginary line that divides the root and tooth into mesial and distal, or into facial and lingual)

A

Mid-Root axis line

75
Q

Greatest bulges on the facial/buccal & lingual surfaces.

A

Crest of Curvatures

76
Q

Mandibular molars have the mid root axis tipped ___

A

Lingually

77
Q

Importance of the height right height of contour?

A

Prevents food impaction in the gingiva.

78
Q

___ ____ protect gingiva from food impaction as well, need to be in the right spot

A

Contact areas

79
Q

Proximal heights of contour

A

Contact Areas

80
Q

Spaces between teeth

A

Diastema

81
Q

When looking facially:

In terms of proximal contacts: As you are closer to the mesial they are located more ___.

Contact more distal are located more ___

A

Mesial= more insical
Distal= More cervical

82
Q

When looking occlusal:

They are more ____ to the central line

A

More buccal

83
Q

continuous space that surrounds each contact area can be divided into four somewhat triangular

A

Embrasure Spaces

84
Q

What are the 4 kinds of embasures

A

-Facial, Buccal (wider)
-Inscial/occlusal & Cervical (normally covered by gums)

85
Q

Which of the following bumps or ridges is NOT likely to be found on a maxillary premolar?

A

Oblique ridge & Cingulum

86
Q

Which ridges help to surround the perimeter of the occlusal surface (occlusal table) of a two-cusped premolar?

A

-Mesial marginal ridge
-Distal marginal ridge
-Mesial cusp ridge of the buccal cusp
-Distal cusp ridge of the lingual cusp

87
Q

On a two-cusped premolar, which ridges meet to form a transverse ridge?

A

-Triangular ridge of the lingual cusp
-Triangular ridge of the buccal cusp

88
Q

Which of the following is (are) NOT a cusp found on three-cusped type premolars?

A

-Mesiobuccal
-Distobuccal

89
Q

What is the correct order of anatomic landmarks of a tooth with two roots from the cementoenamel junction to the root tip?

A

Cervix, trunk, furcation, apex

90
Q

When viewed from the proximal views, what is the location of the greatest bulge (crest of curvature or height of contour) on the facial surface of all teeth?

A

Cervical third

91
Q

Which space(s) contain(s) the part of the gingiva known as the interdental papilla?

A

Cervical embrasure
Interproximal space