Session #1

Front 1

Where can cavities occur on the tooth?

Back 1

One of the five surfaces exposed to the oral cavity

Front 2

How can a practitioner simplify the examination and diagnosis of a patients oral condition?

Back 2

By Classifying cavities

Front 3

Why is cavity nomenclature necessary?

Back 3

To understand one another in conversing about the treatment of a patient

Front 4

How are cavities named?

Back 4

For the surfaces of the tooth in which they occur (facial, lingual, mesial, distal)

Front 5

Simple Cavity

Back 5

A cavity that involves only one surface

Front 6

Complex Cavity

Back 6

A cavity in which multiple surfaces are involved either due to decay or extension in preparation

Front 7

What is another name for a Complex Cavity?
How are these Cavities further classified?

Back 7

Compound cavity
Classified by using the First Letter of the words naming the surfaces of the tooth and writing them in capital letters

Front 8

Define the following

O
MO
DO
MOD
F
L
B
I

Back 8

Occlusal
Mesio-occlusal
Disto-occlusal
Mesio-occluso-distal
Facial
Lingual
Buccal
Incisal

Front 9

Where are caries most frequently found?

Back 9

In the developmental pits and fissures, because they are protected areas

Front 10

What are the conditions that make pits and fissures more susceptible to decay?
What is ultimately responsible for the decay?

Back 10

They are deeper than the surrounding tooth substance and so proper cleaning is difficult.
These conditions favor bacterial growth that breaks down tooth structure.

Front 11

Where are Pits and Fissure caries commonly found?

Back 11

(1)Occlusal surface of the premolars and molars
(2)Lingual pits of maxillary incisors
(3)Facial groove and pit of the mandibular molars
(4)Lingual groove and pit of the maxillary molars
(5)Pits occurring in atypical areas

Front 12

What defines a smooth surface cavity?

Back 12

They generally accompany unclean conditions on areas of the tooth that are difficult to clean

Front 13

Where are smooth surface caries found?

Back 13

(1)Proximal surfaces of all teeth
(2)Gingival one-third areas on the facial and lingual of all teeth

Front 14

How are smooth-surface (interproximal lesions) best detected?

Back 14

Bitewing radiographs with the exception of the gingival one-third lesions

Front 15

What are the classification of cavities according to treatment sometimes referred as?

Back 15

"Blacks Classification" after GV Black

Front 16

Class 1 Cavities

Back 16

All Pit and Fissure cavities

Front 17

Where are class 1 cavities commonly found?

Back 17

Occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth, buccal and lingual surfaces of molars, and lingual surfaces of anterior teeth

Front 18

Class 2 Cavities

Back 18

All proximal surface cavities on the premolars and molars

Front 19

Where are class 2 cavities commonly found?

Back 19

Generally the occlusal surface is involved along with one or both proximal surfaces of any posterior tooth

Front 20

Class 3 Cavities

Back 20

All proximal surface cavities on the anterior teeth which do not involve the removal and restoration of the incisal angle

Front 21

Class 4 Cavities

Back 21

All the proximal surface cavities on the incisors and canines which require the removal and restoration of the incisal angle

Front 22

Class 5 Cavities

Back 22

All gingival cavities located within the gingival one third of the tooth. These may be either on the facial or lingual side

Front 23

Class 6 Cavities

Back 23

All cavities on the incisal edge of the occlusal surface where attritional wear has removed the enamel to expose the dentin
(Incisal edge or cusp tips)

Front 24

How are the cavity walls defined in a completed cavity preparation?

Back 24

The walls take the name of the surface of the tooth toward which they face

Front 25

Pulpal Wall

Back 25

That inside wall which does not contain a cavosurface margin and covers the pulp and is in a plane at right angles to the long axis of the tooth

Front 26

Axial Wall

Back 26

The inside wall which does not have a cavosurface margin and covers the pulp and is in a plane parallel to the long axis of the tooth

Front 27

Gingival Wall

Back 27

The outside wall which has a cavosurface margin and does not cover the pulp and is in a plane at right angles to the long axis of the tooth

Front 28

What is a line angle?

Back 28

Formed where two walls of a cavity meet along a line and is named by joining the names of the walls which meet each other

Front 29

Point Angle

Back 29

formed where three walls of a cavity meet at a point and named by the joining of the names of the walls that meet to make the point

Front 30

Cavosurface Angle (Margin)

Back 30

The line formed by the junction of a cavity wall and the external surface of the tooth

Front 31

Seat or floor

Back 31

Used to describe the bottom or wall representing the deepest penetration in simple or compound cavity preparations (axial or pulpal), plus the gingival wall in compound cavity preparations

Front 32

Step

Back 32

Referred to as the geometric configuration in a compound cavity preparation composed of the pulpal axial and gingival walls

Front 33

Proximal Surface

Back 33

refers to the surface of the tooth or the portion of the cavity that is nearest to the adjacent tooth. The mesial or distal surfaces of the tooth

Front 34

Dovetail

Back 34

represents the extension of the preparation designed to create an interlock for the restorative material

Front 35

Isthmus

Back 35

Describes the narrowest portion of the dovetail

Front 36

Dentinoenamel Junction (DEJ)

Back 36

The line representing the union of the enamel and the dentin. It is used to judge the depth of the internal preparation

Front 37

Enamel Wall

Back 37

The portion of the prepared cavity wall that is enamel. It is located between the cavosurface margin and the dentinoenamel junction