Exam 2 Flashcards
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Loss of primary teeth often thought of as
annoyance
Primary teeth are important in mastication and maintaining space for
permanent teeth
What are primary teeth often called?
Often called temporary, milk, or baby teeth
How many primary teeth?
20 total; 10 each jaw; 5 per quadrant
How many incisors, canines, and molars one arch
4, 2, 4
Primary Central incisor, lateral incisor, and canines are
succeeded
First and second primary molars are replaced by
first and second permanent premolars
What tooth does the first permanent first molar replace?
None
Primary teeth are generally _________ than perm. counterparts
smaller
Primary teeth have _______ crowns relative to total crown-root length
short
Primary teeth are______ mesial to distal relative to occlusal to gingival height
Wider
Primary teeth have a more prominent
cervical ridge, on labial and lingual of anteriors and buccal of molars
Primary Roots are relatively _______ and _______
longer and thinner
There is much more ______ to the roots of the primary teeth
flare
Primary teeth having flare and thinness can result in easy
fracture
There is No identifiable ______ on primary teeth
root trunk
Primary crowns are lighter in ______
color, opaque, whitish to bluish
On primary teeth Enamel is relatively
thinner
On primary teeth Dentin is relatively
thinner
Pulp cavity is relatively
larger
Mesial pulp horns are especially
larger
Endodontia
root canal treatment
What is rarely attempted for primary teeth?
endodontia
Pulpotomies is
primary root canal