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12 Cards in this Set
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What is the largest permanent tooth in the mandibular arch?
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Mandibular first molar
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What tooth has the largest mesiodistal dimension of any tooth?
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Mandibular first molar
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Mandibular first molar:
Occlusal outline shape |
Pentagonal
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Mandibular first molar:
# roots, canals, root and root trunk details |
2 roots, 3 canals (2nd canal in mesial root!)
Roots = widely separated, trunk relatively short |
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Mandibular first molar:
# cusps. What is the largest? Smallest? What is higher? |
5 (3 on mesial, MB, DB, distal and DL, ML)
MB is largest and distal is smallest. Lingual is higher and more pointed than buccal cusps |
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What is typical of all mandibular molars, cuspwise?
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Flattened buccal cusps
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Mandibular first molar:
Ridges, fossae |
2 transverse ridges, 3 fossae with pits
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Mandibular first molar:
Central groove |
Crooked in MD direction
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What is the first permanent tooth to erupt?
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Mandibular first molar
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What is considered the cornerstone of permanent dentition?
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Mandibular first molar
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Mandibular first molar:
How many buccal grooves? |
2, MB and DB
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What is the most often restored/extracted/replaced tooth?
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Mandibular first molar
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