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What is the surface of the tooth called that’s facing the middle of the mouth/tongue?

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Palatal /lingual

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What is the surface of the tooth called that’s facing the cheek called?

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Vestibular

Or buccal/labial

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What is the surface of the tooth called that’s facing rostrally between the teeth?

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Mesial surface

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What is the surface of the tooth called that’s facing caudally between the teeth?

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Distal surface

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What is the surface on top of the tooth above the gums called?

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Coronal surface or occlusal

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What is the surface on the bottom of the tooth under the gums called?

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Apical surface or the root

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What is the classification of teeth that are implanted in deep sockets?

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Thecodont

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What is the classification of teeth that are attached to the medial surface of the jaw?

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Pleurodont

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What is the classification of teeth that are balanced on top of the occlusal surface?

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Acrodont

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What is the name of the tooth socket?

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Alveoli

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What animals have thecodont teeth?

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Mammals

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What animals have pleurodont teeth?

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Lizards

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What animals have acrodont teeth?

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Snakes

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What is the classification of teeth that have multiple sets in their lifetime?

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Polyphyodont

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What is the classification of teeth that have two sets of teeth?

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Diphyodont

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What animals have diphyodont teeth?

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Mammals

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What are the names of the two sets of diphyodont teeth?

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Temporary/deciduous/milk

Permanent

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What is the classification when teeth have different shapes in different regions of the mouth for different functions?

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Heterodont

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What are brachydont teeth?

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Short crowns, enamel above the gum line

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What are hypsodont teeth?

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Long crowns, enamel extends below the gum line

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What animals have brachydont teeth?

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Carnivores

Omnivores

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What animals have hypsodont teeth?

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Herbivores

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What are animals with long skull shapes called?

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Dolicocephalic

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What are animals with medium length skull shapes called?

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Mesaticephalic

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What are animals with short skull shapes called?
Brachycephalic
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What is the term for an underbite?
Prognathia
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What is the term for an overbite?
Brachynathia
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What is the term for teeth that shouldn't be there?
Supernumary teeth
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What is the toothless gap called in horses?
Diastema
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What is the name for the premolar that is very small in horses?
The wolf tooth
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What are features of a ruminants teeth?
Dental pad | Canines are integrated to the incisors - not noticeable gap
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What are the names for the biggest teeth in carnivores?
Carnassial teeth
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Which teeth are the carnassial teeth?
Upper - 4th premolar - 3 roots | Lower - 1st molar - 2 roots
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What are specialised teeth that primates have?
Compression teeth
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What are the 3 layers of the tooth? (out to in)
Enamel Dentine Cement
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What is the name of the ligament that holds the tooth in the socket?
Periodontal ligament
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On the ocular surface of a horses tooth what colour are the different calcified tissues?
Enamel - white Dentine - dark Cement - yellow/brown
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Which surfaces of horse teeth become sharp due to irregular chewing?
Buccal edge of upper teeth | Lingual edge of lower teeth
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What can be seen on the occlusial surface of a 5 year old horse?
A cup in the middle that is dark
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What is the name for a group of teeth?
An arcade
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What are the two sections of the mandible?
Body - horizontal part | Ramus - vertical part
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What artery supplies the blood supply to the teeth?
Branches of the maxillary artery
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What provides innervation to the teeth?
The trigeminal nerve
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What is the formula for the deciduous dentition of a puppy?
I3-C1-P3 I3-C1-P3 =28 teeth
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What is the formula for the canine permanent dentition?
I3-C1-P4-M2 I3-C1-P4-M3 =42 teeth
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What type of crown do canine upper incisors have?
Trilobed crown
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What type of crown do canine lower incisors have?
Bilobed crown
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How many roots does the canine 1st premolar have?
One or two
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What tooth is the canine upper carnassial and how many roots does it have?
4th upper premolar | 3 roots
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What number is the first molar always?
9th
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What tooth is the canine lower carnassial tooth and how many roots does it have?
1st molar | 2 roots
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What is the formula for feline deciduous dentition?
I3-C1-P3 | I3-C1-P2
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What is the formula for feline permanent dentition?
I3-C1-P3-M1 | I3-C1-P2-M1
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Which premolars are missing in feline dentition?
P1 of the upper arcade | P1 and P2 of the lower arcade
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Which tooth of the cats is the only one with 3 root?
4th upper premolar - carnassial
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Which molars are missing in the feline dentition?
M2 of the upper arcade | M2 and M3 of the lower arcade
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What is a common dental problem in cats?
FORLs - feline odontoclastic resorptive lesions | Initially affects the tissues surrounding the tooth, then affects the tooth and causes it to collapse
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What is the formula for equine deciduous dentition?
I3-C0-P3 | I3-C0-P3
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What is the formula for equine permanent dentition?
I3-C1-P3(4)-M3 | I3-C1-P3(4)-M3
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What is it called when the bite of teeth dont match up properly?
Malocclusion and prognathia - when either of the jaws protrude abnormally
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What is a diastema?
Toothless gap - name for both normal and abnormal gaps
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What are the reasons for performing equine tooth extraction?
``` Fractured teeth Malaligned Supernumerary Retained deciduous teeth Impaction Abscesses ```
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Ways of performing complicated equine oral surgery?
Repulsion - Cut out window of bone and hammer through | Buccotomy - cut into the cheek
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What is the most common system used for dental nomenclature and what is it?
The Triadian system | It assigns each tooth a 3 digit number depending on the quadrant it is in and the teeth in sequence
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What are the 4 quadrants of the mouth?
1 - upper left 2 - upper right 3 - lower right 4 - lower left

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