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30 Cards in this Set
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- Back
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Dentition |
Natural teeth of the dental arch |
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Maxillary |
Upper arch |
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Mandibulary |
Lower arch |
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Quadrant |
Half of one dental arch |
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Bicuspid |
Posterior teeth used for tearing |
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Anterior |
Toward the front the first six front teeth top and a bottom |
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Posterior |
Towards the back covered by your cheeks the back teeth |
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Proximal |
Tooth surface that are adjacent to each other |
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Mucosa |
Lining of the oral cavity |
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Embrasure |
V shaped space in gingival |
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Fissure |
Deep grooves or pits |
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Mamelon |
Rounded prominence on the Incisal edge of a newly erupted tooth |
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Cingulum |
Bulge of the in the enamel on the cervical 1/3 of the anterior teeth on the lingual side |
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Dorsal |
Refers to the backside of the body. Dolphin fin |
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Ventral |
Refers to the front side of the body
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Lamin dura |
Thin compact bone that lines the alveolar socket |
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Cementum |
Bone like covering of the root |
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Enamal |
Hard covering of the crown of the tooth of the hardest part of the body |
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Dentin |
Bulk of the tooth |
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Apical foramen |
Opening of the apex of a root of the tooth |
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Periodontal ligament |
Shock absorber that attaches the tooth to the bone -pink tissue |
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Alveolar process |
Bone surrounding the teeth |
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Gingiva |
Soft/hard tissue surrounding the teeth |
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Mastication |
Chewing |
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Mesial |
Toward the midline |
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Lingual |
Towards the tongue |
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Cervix |
Neck of tooth |
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Buccal |
Towards the cheek |
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Occlusal |
Chewing surface of posterior teeth |
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Salivary glands |
3 pair -sublingual -submandibular -parotid |
