Chapter 3 dental anatomy review questions

How is anatomy used in dentistry?
Learning Objectives
Recognize and describe the normal anatomical structures of the oral cavity and the head and neck.
Recite the name, Universal number and function of each type of tooth, both primary and permanent.
Differentiate between the tissues of the teeth.
List where each type of tooth is located in the mouth..
What are the 4 boundaries of a lingual fossa?
The lingual fossa is an irregular, rounded concavity bound by the mesial marginal ridge, distal marginal ridge, cingulum, and incisal edge of the lingual surface of an incisor tooth.
Lingual fossae are also found on both sides of the lingual ridge of a cuspid tooth..
What are the objectives of dental anatomy?
Final Answer: The three parts of a tooth are root, neck and crown..
Which set makes up the three main parts of the tooth?
Final Answer: The three parts of a tooth are root, neck and crown..
Final Answer: The three parts of a tooth are root, neck and crown.
The buccal outline is convex and the crest of curvature is within the cervical third (near the junction between the cervical and middle thirds) and then become less convex till the cusp tip. 5.
The lingual outline is convex and the crest of curvature is within the middle third (near the center of the middle third).

What is the structure of the human dentition?

The human dentition is composed of two sets of teeth – primary and permanent

Teeth are organised into two opposing arches – maxillary (upper) and mandibular (lower)

These can be divided down the midline (mid-sagittal plane) into left and right halves