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1
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Is your first set of teeth

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Primary dentition

2
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Primary Dentition is also known as

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Deciduous Dentition

3
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Are the 20 Permanent teeth that replace the 20 primary teeth after they are shed

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Succedaneous teeth

4
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This period is the time when children have both primary and permanent teeth

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Mix dentition

5
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Begins when the last primary tooth is last

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Permanent Dentition

6
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This usually happens at about 12 years of age

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Permanent dentition

7
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The two arches of the mouth

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Maxillary

Mandibular

8
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The maxillary and mandibular arches are each divided into halves; the resulting four sections are called

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Quadrants

9
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The Four types of teeth found in the adult dentition are

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Incisors
Canines or Cuspids
Premolars or Bicuspids
Molar

10
Q

Are the incisors and canines

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Centrals
Laterals
Cupsids

11
Q

The canines are used for

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Cutting

Tearing

12
Q

The molar and premolars are used for

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Chewing

Grinding food

13
Q

The five surfaces of the teeth are

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Mesial
Distal
Facial
Lingual
Masticatory
14
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The crown of the tooth narrows toward the cervical line on all the teeth in the dentition.

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Contours the teeth

15
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narrows toward the cervical line on all the teeth in the dentition.

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The crown of the tooth

16
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Defined as the relationship between the maxillary and mandibular teeth when the upper and lower jaws are in fully closed position

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Occlusion

17
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occurs when the jaws are closed in a position that produces maximal stable contact between the occluding surfaces of the maxillary and the mandibular teeth

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Centric occlusion

18
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This system uses the permanent maxillary first molar as key to occlusion and malocclusion

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Angle’s classification system

19
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It is the tooth-numbering system used most often in the United States

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Universal number system

20
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The permanent teeth are numbered from 1 to 32 starting at

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the upper right third molar

21
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The permanent teeth are numbered from _______ starting at the upper right third molar

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1 to 32

22
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Uses a two-digit tooth-recording system based on the quadrants

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ISO/FDI numbering system

23
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Used brackets to represent each quadrant and number for each tooth in the quadrant; for permanent dentition the central incisor in identified as tooth number 1 in each quadrant

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Palmer notation system

24
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Anterior teeth include

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Incisors and canines

25
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The ________ of the tooth narrows toward the cervical line on all of the teeth in the dentition

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Crown

26
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key to occlusion and malocclusion in the angles classification system

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Maxillary first molar

27
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Palmers Notation system used brackets to represent each quadrant and numbers for each tooth in the quadrant; for permanent dentition, the central incisor is identified as tooth letters 1 in each quadrant

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False