Board type questions

Question 1

Distal contact of max LI vs mesial contact of max C

Answer 1

Distal contact of Max LI: middle third

Mesial contact of max C: junction

Question 2

Where is the largest incisal embrasure of ant teeth

Answer 2

between max LI and max C

Question 3

Where are crown concavities found?

Answer 3

Mesial: max 1P
Distal: max 1M (near cervical line)

Question 4

outline of ant teeth from proximal view

Answer 4

triangle

Question 5

shape of interproximal space (cervical embrasure)

Answer 5

triangle

Question 6

groove on mand 2P w/ two cusp shape

Answer 6

U or H

Question 7

groove on mand 2P w/ three cusp shape

Answer 7

Y

Question 8

occlusal outline of maxillary molars

Answer 8

rhomboid

Question 9

proximal outline of crowns of mandibular post. teeth

Answer 9

rhomboid

Question 10

occlusal outline of maxillary molars w/ 3 cusps (no DL cusp)

Answer 10

Heart

Question 11

outline of root or pulp chamber of max 1P

Answer 11

kidney

Question 12

occlusal shape of mand 1M

Answer 12

pentagon

Question 13

facial outline of canine or premolar crowns

Answer 13

pentagon

Question 14

Largest cusp of mand 1M

Answer 14

mesiobuccal

Question 15

Longest crown of max post teeth

Answer 15

1P

Question 16

Most likely ant tooth to be missing

Answer 16

Max LI

Question 17

What teeth most likely to have three cusps

Answer 17

Mand 2P

Max 2M

Question 18

What is the primary cusp triangle

Answer 18

Three cusps on max molars

MB, DB and ML

Question 19

How many lobes form incisors, canines and most premolars

Answer 19

4

Question 20

What tooth has a prominent transverse ridge in mesial half of occlusal table

Answer 20

primary mand 1M

Question 21

What is the central fossa line?

Answer 21

line b/w posterior tooth cusps

Question 22

Occlusal tables make up ______% of total buccolingual length of post teeth

Answer 22

55-65%

Question 23

When do permanent mand CI begin calcifying?

Answer 23

3-4 months

Question 24

When do permanent 1M begin calcifying?

Answer 24

about birth

Question 25

When does the mesial contact of perm 1M contacts the distal side of primary 2M

Answer 25

8 years

Question 26

What causes primate spaces

Answer 26

Growth of jaw bones

Question 27

How many teeth are present at age 8?

Answer 27

24 18 primary 6 permanent

Question 28

What root shape is most likely to have 2 root canals vs just 1

Answer 28

Oval shaped roots more likely than round shaped roots to have 2 root canals

Question 29

Which ant tooth is most likely to have 2 root canals?

Answer 29

Mand C

Question 30

occlusion of max 1P lingual cusp

Answer 30

Only mand 1P due to mesial orientation of lingual cusp

Question 31

Long buccal n crosses over which muscle?

Answer 31

masseter

Question 32

Which nerves are in the infratemporal fossa

Answer 32

inf alveolar n, lingual n, lesser palatine n

Question 33

Parotid gland is serous or mucous or mixed

Answer 33

serous

Question 34

What is operculum

Answer 34

extension of gingival tissue overlying crown of erupting tooth infection may lead to pericoronitis