Dental Terminology Quiz

What is the major bone of the skull that forms the upper jaw?

• Skull

• Maxilla

• Mandible

• Gingiva

What is the only movable bone in the skull?

• Skull

• Maxilla

• Mandible

• Gingiva

What is the tissue of the upper and lower jaws that surround the base of the teeth?

• Gingiva

• Philtrum

• Cementum

• Mental protruberance

What is the rectangular area that runs from the base of the nose to the midline of the upper lip?

• Gingiva

• Philtrum

• Cementum

• Mental protruberance

What is the hard covering of the tooth, the hardest tissue of the body?

• Plaque

• Enamel

• Cusp

• Abcess

What is the term for an infection of the tooth, soft tissue, or the bone?

• Plaque

• Enamel

• Cusp

• Abcess

What is the term for the surface that curves inward?

• Concave

• Convex

• Cusp

• Tubercle

What is the term for the rounded projections on incisal edges of incisors which normally wear away shortly after eruption?

• Cusp

• Mamelon

• Linear

• Tubercle

What is the term for the union of two cusp ridges running transversely from buccal to lingual regions?

• Transverse Cusp Ridge

• Marginal ridges

• Triangular ridges

• Oblique ridge

Which of the following is the word root for "skull"?

• A) Mandible

• Gingiva

• Philtrum

• Cranium