Dental Anatomy and Dental Terminology

Question 1

What are the three types of skulls?

Answer 1

Mesaticephalic
Brachycephalic
Dolichocephalic

Question 2

What is the most common head type?

Answer 2

Mesaticephalic

Question 3

What animals have a mesaticephalic head?

Answer 3

Poodles
Corgis
German Shepherds
Labrador retrievers
Domestic short hair cats

Question 4

What animals have brachycephalic heads?

Answer 4

Boxers, Pugs, Bulldogs, Persian cats

Question 5

Having a brachycephalic head results in what?

Answer 5

Crowded and rotated premolar teeth

Question 6

What animals have dolichocephalic heads?

Answer 6

Collies, Greyhounds, Borzois, Seal Point Siamese cats

Question 7

The hard palate consists of hard bone and is covered with a mucous membrane that has irregular ridges called what?

Answer 7

Rugae palatinae

Question 8

What makes up the posterior portion of the roof of the mouth, does not have an underlying bone and separates the oral cavity from the pharynx?

Answer 8

The soft palate

Question 9

What lies behind the central incisors?

Answer 9

The incisive papilla

Question 10

What exits on each side of the incisive papilla?

Answer 10

The nasopalatine ducts

Question 11

What does the nasopalatine ducts communicate with?

Answer 11

The vomeronasal organ

Question 12

The vomeronasal organ connects to what?

Answer 12

The amygdala

Question 13

What is the Amygdala?

Answer 13

Part of the brain that plays a big role in the emotional reaction

Question 14

What is the area in which the two jaws join in the back of the oral cavity?

Answer 14

Lateral palatine fold

Question 15

How is the mandible connected to the maxilla?

Answer 15

By the hinge joint Temporomandibular joint (TMJ)

Question 16

Where are the two mandibles fused together?

Answer 16

The mandibular symphysis

Question 17

How many teeth do puppies have?

Answer 17

28

Question 18

How many teeth do adult dogs have?

Answer 18

42

Question 19

How many teeth do kittens have?

Answer 19

26

Question 20

How many teeth do adult cats have?

Answer 20

30

Question 21

What is the visible portion of the tooth?

Answer 21

The crown

Question 22

What is the crown covered by?

Answer 22

The enamel

Question 23

What is the hardest substance in the body?

Answer 23

Enamel

Question 24

What is the tip of the crown known as?

Answer 24

The cusp

Question 25

What is the indentation near the gum line called?

Answer 25

The neck

Question 26

The neck is the location of what junction?

Answer 26

The cementoenamel junction

Question 27

What is the cementoenamel junction?

Answer 27

The indentation where cementum and enamel meet

Question 28

What is the portion of the tooth located below the gum line?

Answer 28

The root

Question 29

The root is the entry point for what?

Answer 29

Nerves and vasculature

Question 30

Does the enamel have a nerve or blood supply?

Answer 30

No

Question 31

Where does the root attach to the alveolar bone and covers the root surface?

Answer 31

Cementum

Question 32

Cementum is part of what?

Answer 32

The tooth and periodontium

Question 33

What makes up the bulk of the adult tooth, is the main supporting structure of the tooth and is composed of tubular structures?

Answer 33

Dentin

Question 34

Where does the blood supply and nerves enter the tooth and is living tissue within the tooth?

Answer 34

Pulp

Question 35

What is the space within the tooth?

Answer 35

Pulp cavity

Question 36

What is the space within the crown?

Answer 36

The pulp chamber

Question 37

What is the space within the root?

Answer 37

The root canal

Question 38

What is used for radiographic reference and provides attachment for the periodontal ligament?

Answer 38

Lamina Dura

Question 39

What is the deepest part of the root?

Answer 39

Apex

Question 40

What is made up of epithelial tissue that is harder and more tightly attached to supportive structures and able to withstand the forces of chewing?

Answer 40

Gingiva

Question 41

What is the portion of the gingiva that is not directly attached to the tooth or supporting structure?

Answer 41

Free gingiva

Question 42

What is the area between the free gingiva and the tooth when healthy and without a space?

Answer 42

Sulcus

Question 43

What is the space between the gingiva and tooth?

Answer 43

Pocket

Question 44

What attaches the teeth to the alveolar bone and functions as the suspensory ligament for teeth?

Answer 44

Periodontal ligament

Question 45

What bone of the upper or lower jaw in which the tooth rests?

Answer 45

The Alveolar bone