Canines

Question 1

Crown shape from the facial view

Answer 1

pentagon

Question 2

Which cusp ridges are shorter?

Answer 2

mesial

Question 3

Vertical … are prominent, especially on maxillary canines.

Answer 3

labial ridges

Question 4

Crowns and roots are wider in which direction?

Answer 4

faciolingually (than mesiodistally)

Question 5

Crowns taper from contact areas toward the …

Answer 5

cervical line

Question 6

Profiles are more convex on the …

Answer 6

distal

Question 7

Profiles are flatter on the …

Answer 7

mesial

Question 8

Mesial and distal contact areas are in the … third of crown

Answer 8

incisal

Question 9

Distal contacts are more …

Answer 9

cervical

Question 10

Mesial and distal marginal ridges converge toward the …

Answer 10

cingulum

Question 11

Cervical lines on the facial and lingual curve toward the …

Answer 11

apex

Question 12

Proximal cervical lines curve toward the …; more so in the mesial

Answer 12

incisal

Question 13

Crowns are … shaped when viewed from the proximal

Answer 13

wedge

Question 14

Where are the facial and lingual crest of curvature (height of contour)?

Answer 14

cervical third

Question 15

Lingual outlines are what shape?

Answer 15

S-shaped

Question 16

Lingual outlines have a … lingual fossa

Answer 16

concave

Question 17

Lingual outlines have a … cingulum.

Answer 17

convex

Question 18

Which outlines are more rounded, the facial or lingual?

Answer 18

facial

Question 19

Crowns taper toward the …

Answer 19

lingual

Question 20

Roots taper from the cervical line towards the …

Answer 20

apex

Question 21

Roots taper from the … to the … (making a triangular shape)

Answer 21

facial to the lingual

Question 22

Roots are wider ….

Answer 22

faciolingually than mesiodistally

Question 23

Roots often bend toward the … in the apical third

Answer 23

distal

Question 24

Which are longer roots or crowns?

Answer 24

roots

Question 25

Roots have mesial and distal ...

Answer 25

concavities (distal depression likely to be deeper)

Question 26

What shape are canals?

Answer 26

oval

Question 27

What is the longest tooth in the mouth, also the longest root?

Answer 27

Maxillary Canine

Question 28

Longest crown in the mouth; 2nd longest tooth?

Answer 28

Mandibular Canine

Question 29

On which canine is the mesiodistal dimension wider?

Answer 29

Maxillary Canine

Question 30

On which canine is the mesiodistal dimension narrow?

Answer 30

Mandibular Canine

Question 31

Which canine crown is overall larger?

Answer 31

Maxillary canine

Question 32

Mesial contours are convex to flat cervically

Answer 32

Maxillary canine

Question 33

Mesial contour is in line with the profile of the root (mesial surface is quite straight)

Answer 33

Mandibular canine

Question 34

Which canine has a sharper cusp tip?

Answer 34

Maxillary canine

Question 35

Which canine has a cusp tip that is broader, less pointed?

Answer 35

Mandibular canine

Question 36

Which canine is wider faciolingually than mesiodistally?

Answer 36

Both

Question 37

Crown appears more centered over the root?

Answer 37

Maxillary canine

Question 38

Crown appears to have distal tip (not balanced over the root)

Answer 38

Mandibular canine

Question 39

Facial (labial) ridge is most prominent of any tooth

Answer 39

Maxillary Canine

Question 40

Facial (labial) ridge is present, but not as prominent as on the maxillary.

Answer 40

Mandibular Canine

Question 41

On the facial surface distal outline is shorter incisocervically and more round

Answer 41

Maxillary canine

Question 42

Facial surface is very rounded distal surface places contact more apically

Answer 42

Maxillary Canine

Question 43

Lingual ridge that separates the mesial and distal fossa is more pronounced and centered in the crown

Answer 43

Maxillary Canine

Question 44

Lingual surface is undeveloped (smooth); small lingual concavities

Answer 44

Mandibular Canine

Question 45

Cingulum is larger than any other anterior tooth

Answer 45

Maxillary Canine

Question 46

Cingulum is smaller, and less pronounced

Answer 46

Mandibular Canine

Question 47

Cingulum is centered mesiodistally

Answer 47

Maxillary Canine

Question 48

Cingulum is off-set

Answer 48

Mandibular Canine

Question 49

On the Mandibular Canine the cingulum is off-set in which direction?

Answer 49

distal

Question 50

Which canines have a prominent mesial and distal marginal ridge on the lingual surface?

Answer 50

Maxillary Canines

Question 51

Has less prominent marginal ridges on the lingual surface?

Answer 51

Mandibular Canines

Question 52

Cusp tip is on, or buccal to the root axis, never lingual

Answer 52

Maxillary Canine

Question 53

Cusp tip is lingual to the root axis

Answer 53

Mandibular Canine

Question 54

From the proximal view: buccal surface is more curved

Answer 54

Maxillary Canine

Question 55

From the proximal view: buccal surface is flatter; hight of contour not as prominent

Answer 55

Mandibular Canine

Question 56

Incised edge has distolingual twist (compensates for curve of mandibular arch)

Answer 56

Mandibular Canine

Question 57

Asymmetry of mesial and distal halves of crown

Answer 57

Maxillary Canine

Question 58

Mesial and distal halves of crown are more symmetrical

Answer 58

Mandibular Canine

Question 59

Distal half of the crown is thinner buccolingually on the incised edge

Answer 59

Maxillary Canine

Question 60

Mesiobuccal and distobuccal developmental depression

Answer 60

Maxillary Canine

Question 61

Less developed depressions on the buccal surface

Answer 61

Mandibular Canine

Question 62

Root can be bifurcated

Answer 62

Mandibular Canine

Question 63

Only tooth that may have mesial root inclination in the mouth

Answer 63

Mandibular Canine

Question 64

Only cusped tooth that has a functional lingual surface

Answer 64

Maxillary Canine

Question 65

Which tooth has the greatest longevity?

Answer 65

Maxillary Canine