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| True or false. Max first premolars are posterior to the canines and anterior to the molars. |
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| True or false. It is okay to refer to a premolar as a bicuspid, and a bicuspid to a premolar. |
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| How many cusps do premolars have? |
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| How many roots to premolars have in general. |
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| How long are the roots of premolars? |
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| As long as the roots of a molar. |
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| True or false. Molar crowns are equal in length to premolar crowns. |
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| false. Premolar crowns are longer than molar crowns. |
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| How many cusps does the Max. first premolar have and what are their names? |
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| 2 cusps a buccal and a lingual |
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| True or false. The cusps on the maxillary premolar are not well define. |
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| False. They are well defined. |
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| Which tooth has a longer crown, the first premolar or the canine? And how much longer is it? |
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| Canine is taller by 1.5-2 mm |
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| Where are the mesial and distal contacts located on the maxillary first premolar? |
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| Which tooth is shorter in a mesial distal direction, the canine or the first P.M. |
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| How many roots does the max. first p.m. have? |
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| If a for any reason, a Max. first premolar has one root, how many pulp canals will be present? |
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| What is the function of the maxillary second P.M. |
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| It supplements the first p.m. |
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| On the buccal aspect of the Maxillary first premolar, which cusp slope is longer, the mesial or the distal? |
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| the mesial cusp slope is longer. |
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| True or false. The maxillary premolars distal buccal cusp is not as long as the mesial buccal cusp of the maxillay first premolar? |
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| True or false, the maxillary first premolar is longer mesiodistal direction then the canine. |
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| False. It is shorter mesiodistally from the canine. |
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| Which cusp of the max. 1st PM is larger, the buccal or the lingual, and by how much? |
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| How does the MAx 2nd Pm resemble the first MAx. pm? |
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| How is the second premolar different from the first premolar? |
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| Where is the crest of curvature on the maxillary first premolar? |
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| the center of the buccal aspect, making the CEJ irregular |
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| what is the buccal ridge of the maxillary premolar? |
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| a continuous ridge around the buccal the cusp. |
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| compare the root of the maxillary first promolar to the canines |
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| it is 3-4mm shorter than the canine root. |
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| how do the contact areas differ on the premolar from the anterior teeth? |
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| they are closer to the same level. |
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| What slope on the premolar is often notched? |
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| the mesial, there fore the distal has a broader curve. |
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| which direction does the crown tapper? |
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| at what angle do the mesial-distal points of the slope meet? |
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| what does the CEJ look like on the lingual aspect? |
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| which root is more blunted in the maxillary first permolar, the lingual or the buccal? |
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| what is the difference between the mesial and distal aspects are far as root depressions? |
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| the mesial side has a deep developmental depression. |
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| which tooth has a longer buccal cusp, the 2nd or 1st premolar |
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| what is the difference between the mesial and distal slopes on the max. 2nd premolar compared to the first. |
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| the mesial slope is shorter on the 2nd premolar and longer on the first. the distal slope is longer on the second and shorter on the first. |
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| true or false, the buccal lingual aspect is wide, therefore it has a wide pulp canal. |
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