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Fall 2008- histology
tooth anatomy
14
Health Care
Professional
11/19/2008

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Term
Which teeth erupt first?
Definition
Mandibular central incisors
Term
How many primary teeth are there and how are they named?
Definition

20 teeth total

A-T

Term
When do primary teeth 1st erupt?
Definition
6-10 months old
Term

What anatomical landmark can indivualize primary dentition?

Definition
  • Narrow crowns
  • bulous CEJ
  • cervical LF ridge
  • long narrow roots
  • large pulp chammber
Term

Describe primary maxillary central

Definition
  •  
    • wider mesiodistally than incisocervically
    • no mamelons
    • E&F
Term
Describe primary maxillary lateral
Definition
  •  
    • longer incisocervically than mesiodistally
    • smaller than central
    • D & G
Term
Primary mandibular central
Definition
  •  
    • Symmetrically shaped
    • looks like laterial
    • O & P
Term
Primary mandibular lateral?
Definition
  •  
    • crown is not as symmetrical as central because cingulum is offset to the distal
    • incisal edge slopes distally
    • root usually curves distal
    • Q & N

 

Term

Primary Maxillary Canine?

 

Definition
  •  
    • long and sharp cusp
    • slender root
    • tubercle on cingulum
    • C & H
Term
Primary mand. Canine?
Definition
  •  
    • small labiolingually
    • linhual surface smoother and is marker by shalow lingual fossa
    • M & R
Term
What is the name of the 5th cusp?
Definition
cusp of carabelli
Term
Cingulum
Definition

Raised rounded area on the cervical 1/3 of the lingual surface of the anterior crown

Term
Marginal Ridge
Definition

Rounded raised prominance that borders the lingual surface of the crown both mesially and distally

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