Dent. Anatmy: Primary Teeth

Question 1

What color are primary teeth compared to adult teeth?

Answer 1

Whiter, lighter than adults

Question 2

Describe Primary teeth

Answer 2

more bulbous & constricted (smaller, occlusal table)

Question 3

Where is the primate space on the mandible for primary teeth?

Answer 3

Between the canine & 1st molar

Question 4

Order of eruption in primary maxillary arch?

Answer 4

Centrals> laterals> 1st molar> canine> 2nd molar

Question 5

Primary maxillary central is wider ______________ than inciso-cervically

Answer 5

M/D than inciso-cervically

Question 6

What permanent tooth is like the primary 2nd molar

Answer 6

permanent 1st molar

Question 7

Which permanent tooth has a crown similar to a premolar & roots similar to a molar?

Answer 7

Primary Maxillary 1st Molar

Question 8

Describe primary maxillary 1st molar

Answer 8

3 roots, pre-molar crown

Question 9

Primary maxillary & mandibular 1st molar

Answer 9

prominent cervical ridge

Question 10

Primary man 1st M

Answer 10

unlike any other teeth

Question 11

Primary mandibular 1st molar has?

Answer 11

2 roots: 4 cusps

Question 12

Most prominent cuspus on a primary man 1st molar is between which cuspus?

Answer 12

MB & ML

Question 13

Primary man 2nd M has ?

Answer 13

4 cuspus, 2 roots & a prominent cervical ridge on the facial (MB)

Question 14

Which cusp is the tallest cusp of the primary mandibular 1st molar

Answer 14

Mesial Lingual

Question 15

Name the 4 cusps

Answer 15

MB (largest)
ML (tallest, sharpest)
DB
DL (smallest)

Question 16

12 year old patient still has which primary teeth?

Answer 16

K, T (primary man 2nd M)