HOSA Dental Terminology

Front

Toward midline

Back

Mesial

Front

Away from midline

Back

Distal

Front

Towards lips

Back

Labial

Front

Towards cheek

Back

Buccal

Front

Towards roof of mouth

Back

Palatal

Front

Ridge of incisors

Back

Incisal

Front

The top jaw

Back

Maxillary arch

Front

The bottom jaw

Back

Mandibular arch

Front

Rounded borders of enamel that form the mesial and distal margins of the occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth and the mesial and distal margins of the lingual surfaces of the anterior teeth

Back

Marginal Ridges

Front

A ridge that descends from the tips of the cusps of molars and premolars towards the center part of the occlusal surface

Back

Triangular Ridge