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23 Cards in this Set
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Crown |
part of tooth covered in enamel |
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root |
part of tooth that is anchored in the alveolus |
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enamel |
hard tissue |
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cementum |
bone-like tissue that covers the external surface of tooth roots |
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dentin/dentine |
tissue that forms the core of the tooth |
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cervix |
constricted part of tooth between crown and root |
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cementoenamel/cervicoenamel line/junction (CEJ) |
line encircling crown at the cervix |
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dentinoenamel junction (DEJ/EDJ) |
boundary between enamel cap and underlying dentin |
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pulp chamber |
expanded part of the pulp cavity at the crown end of the tooth |
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root canal |
narrow end of the pulp cavity at the root end of tooth |
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calculus |
calcified deposit commonly found on sides of tooth crowns |
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pulp |
soft tissue within pulp chamber |
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apical foramen |
opening at each root tip where vessels/nerve fibers go through |
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cusp |
occlusal projection of the crown |
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crest |
large elevated feature originating from a cusp |
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ridge |
smaller less-defined version of a crest |
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cingulum |
ridge of enamel that partly or completely encircles the sides of a tooth crown |
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tuberculum |
bulge found on lingual surface of incisors and canines near cervical margin |
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fissure |
a cleft on the occlusal surface between cusps |
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groove |
large, linear, trough-like fissure between cusps |
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fovea |
small, defined, often circular depression on a crown |
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interproximal contact facets (IPCFs) |
facets formed between adjacent teeth in the same jaw |
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trigon |
triad of cusps in molars
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