Important Numbers Flashcards
(179 cards)
Limited opening is…
below 27 mm (23 mm is example given)
Maximum opening is…
the distance between incisal edges + overbite
Maximum opening in adolescents and adults is… and lateral excursive is…
50 mm vertical opening and 12 mm lateral exursive
Most Cranium growth is completed by age…
5
Anterior Cranial base growth is completed by age…
7
At what age can you begin to superimpose lateral cephalograms?
Age 7
The anterior cranial base stops growing and becomes stable for use in superimposition at…
7 years
Neural Growth is completed at age…
6-7
Most rapid Somatic growth occurs at…
Birth to 2 years OR before birth OR conception to birth
How much will an 11 yo male’s mandibular molars erupt in a 2 year period?
1.5 mm
How much will an 11 yo male’s lower face height increase per year?
1mm/year
The maximum width of the skull is achieved at age…
7-8
The human eye can differentiate… shades of gray
16
Digital photography uses …-bit which gives… shades of gray
8-bit; 256 shades of gray
Gemination
1 root, 1 pulp > fused crown
Fusion
2 roots, 2 pulps > fused crown
Hypodontia
missing 1-5 teeth
Oligodontia
missing 6 teeth or more
If a patient is missing 3rd molars there is a…% changes of missing lower 5’s, …% chance of missing U2 and a …x chance to be missing other teeth.
3.4% missing lower 5’s
2.2% missing U2
13x chance to be missing other teeth
*no incremental likelihood of supernumerary or peg laterals
Genes responsible for tooth agenesis
MSX1 & PAX9
When do primary teeth start to calcify in the fetus?
14 weeks (upper and lower central incisors)
Mineralization of what teeth begins at birth?
Permanent first molars
At birth, which tooth as completed crown calcification?
Mandibular Incisors
The calcification of the upper and lower third molars…
varies greatly