DENT1014: Airforce Manual VI Anatomy Review

Which teeth are used to tear food? (referred to as a 'cuspid')

• a) molars

• b) premolars

• c) centrals

• d) canines

The word ______ describes the function of incising or cutting food.

• a) chew

• b) bite

• c) incisor

• d) munch

Which teeth are the largest teeth in the dental arches and primarily function as grinders during mastication (chewing)?

• a) central & lateral incisors

• b) canines

• c) premolars

• d) molars

Which teeth function as seizing and grinding teeth?

• a) centrals

• b) canines

• c) premolars

• d) molars

A tooth is divided into two sections: the crown and the root; The crown is covered in enamel, the root is covered in cementum.

• a) both statements are true

• b) both statements are false

• c) first statement is true; second statement is false

• d) first statement is false, second statement is true

An anatomical crown is the part of the crown you see; A clinical crown is the whole crown.

• a) both statements are true

• b) both statements are false

• c) first statement is true; second statement is false

• d) first statement is false; second statement is true

The imaginary line that goes through the crown and root around which the substance of a tooth is most symmetrically distributed is called...?

• a) long axis

• b) marginal ridge

• c) line angle

• d) dotted line

An angle that is formed by the junction of two crown surfaces is called...?

• a) point angle

• b) line angle

• c) long axis

• d) horizontal division

Looking at the image above of the Maxillary First Molar...what anatomical feature is presented in #2?

• a) mesio-buccal cusp

• b) disto-buccal triangular ridge

• c) disto-buccal cusp

• d) mesial marginal ridge

What view of the tooth is depicted in the following picture above?

• a) occlusal

• b) facial

• c) mesial

• d) distal