Test 3 Flashcards
type of teeth found in children 2-6 “meaning fall off”
deciduous
nick names for primary teeth (2)
baby, milk teeth
premature loss of primary teeth can lead to what
over crowded permanent teeth
Trauma of primary tooth can cause defect in permanent tooth is called what
Turners tooth
what are the proportions of dentin, enamel and pulp
relatively thin dentin and enamel, proportionally large pulp
Spacing is normal throughout primary anterior teeth, but is most noticeable at these locations
Primate Spaces
What is beneficial regions in primary teeth that occur 50% of the time and often concern parents
Primate Spaces
provide room for permanent incisors and canines, which are wider
primate spaces
How is the primary crown compared to the permanent teeth
wider mesiodistally and shorter insicocervially
what is the color of primary teeth
whiter than permanent
primary teeth are less what and more prone to attrition
mineralized
primary dentition usually do not have what three things
no depressions, mammelons or perykimata
Enamel seems to do what at the cervical line
seems to bulge rather than gradually tapering
Primary teeth have relatively longer what compared to their crowns
longer roots
Primary Universal numbering system
A-J -upper
K-T lower
Primary International numbering system
5,6,7,8, ones are at the central incisors and eight at 2nd molar
Maxillary Central incisors developmental stages
Initial calcification 4-4.5 months in utero Enamel Completed 17 weeks Eruption 32 weeks Root completed 1-2 years Exfoliate 6-7 years
Maxillary Lateral incisors
Initial calcification 4.5 months in utero Enamel Completed 22 weeks Eruption 34 weeks Root completed 1.5-2 years Exfoliate 7-8 years
Maxillary Canines
Initial calcification 5 months in utero Enamel Completed 39 weeks Eruption 1 1/3- 1-2/3 year Root completed 2-3 years Exfoliate 10-12 years
Mandibular central incisors
Initial calcification 4-4.5 months in utero Enamel Completed 17 weeks Eruption 28 weeks Root completed 1-2 years Exfoliate 6-7 years
Mandibular lateral incisors
Initial calcification 4.5 months in utero Enamel Completed 18 weeks Eruption 30 weeks Root completed 1-2 years Exfoliate 7-8 years
Mandibular canines
Initial calcification 5 months in utero Enamel Completed 39 weeks Eruption 1 1/2- 1/2/3 years Root completed 2-3 years Exfoliate 9-12 years
which primary teeth do not have facial depressions like the permanent
maxillary central incisors
The proximal surfaces of the primary mandibular incisors are more
convex