Tooth Structure Ch. 8

Front 1

What is the structure that covers the outside of the crown of the tooth? It's the hardest living tissue in the body.

Back 1

Enamel

Front 2

This makes up the bulk of the tooth structure but is not normally visible.

Back 2

Dentin

Front 3

This is the third structure of the tooth and it located around the root.

Back 3

Cementum

Front 4

This is at the center of the tooth and is make of the nerves and blood vessels that provide nutrients to the tooth.

Back 4

Pulp

Front 5

This is a large portion of the pulp and is in the crown of the tooth.

Back 5

Pulp chamber

Front 6

These are the pointed elongations of the pulp that extend toward the incisal or occlusal portion of the tooth.

Back 6

Pulp horns

Front 7

This surrounds the root of the tooth attaching itself to the alveolar bone by anchoring the periodontal ligaments.

Back 7

Cementum

Front 8

What is the extending areas of the bone in each arch that are tooth bearing?

Back 8

Alveolar process

Front 9

What secures the tooth in the sockets by a number of organized fiber groups?

Back 9

Periodontal ligament

Front 10

This is the softest tooth structure.

Back 10

Cementum

Front 11

This is the vertical groove on the midline of the upper lip.

Back 11

Philtrum

Front 12

A tooth emerging from the gum is called what?

Back 12

Eruption

Front 13

This is the structure of the tooth that covers the outside of the crown.

Back 13

Enamel

Front 14

Name the collective tissues that is formed by the fibroblast cells and secures the tooth into the socket by a number of organized fiber groups.

Back 14

Periodontal ligaments