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What is the shape of a cusp?
What is the shape of a cusp?
How many cusp ridges are typically found on a tooth?
How many cusp ridges are typically found on a tooth?
What is the name of the ridge that extends from the cusp tip to the faciolingual middle of the tooth?
What is the name of the ridge that extends from the cusp tip to the faciolingual middle of the tooth?
On a four-cusped molar, how are the cusps named?
On a four-cusped molar, how are the cusps named?
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Where is the cingulum typically found on a tooth?
Where is the cingulum typically found on a tooth?
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What is the function of the cusp ridges?
What is the function of the cusp ridges?
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On a two-cusped premolar, how are the cusps named?
On a two-cusped premolar, how are the cusps named?
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What is the name of the bulge on the cervical third of the lingual surface of the crown on anterior teeth?
What is the name of the bulge on the cervical third of the lingual surface of the crown on anterior teeth?
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What is the region or space between two or more roots, apical to the place where the roots divide from the root trunk?
What is the region or space between two or more roots, apical to the place where the roots divide from the root trunk?
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What is the term for the point where the root trunk divides into separate roots on a two-rooted tooth?
What is the term for the point where the root trunk divides into separate roots on a two-rooted tooth?
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What is the name of the part of the root that is the slightly constricted region of union of the crown and the root?
What is the name of the part of the root that is the slightly constricted region of union of the crown and the root?
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What is the term for the line where two tooth surfaces meet?
What is the term for the line where two tooth surfaces meet?
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What is the name of the part of a multi-rooted molar or two-rooted premolar next to the cementoenamel junction?
What is the name of the part of a multi-rooted molar or two-rooted premolar next to the cementoenamel junction?
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What is the term for the junction of three tooth surfaces at a point?
What is the term for the junction of three tooth surfaces at a point?
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What is the term for the point where the root trunk divides into three roots on a three-rooted tooth?
What is the term for the point where the root trunk divides into three roots on a three-rooted tooth?
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What is the term for the tip or peak at the end of the root?
What is the term for the tip or peak at the end of the root?
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What type of grooves are found at each end of the central groove on a tooth?
What type of grooves are found at each end of the central groove on a tooth?
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Where are buccal grooves typically found on a molar?
Where are buccal grooves typically found on a molar?
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What is the main characteristic of supplemental grooves?
What is the main characteristic of supplemental grooves?
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What is the typical location of a fossa on an anterior tooth?
What is the typical location of a fossa on an anterior tooth?
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What is the main cause of pits and fissures on a tooth?
What is the main cause of pits and fissures on a tooth?
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Where are pits often found on a tooth?
Where are pits often found on a tooth?
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What is a common location for fissures on a tooth?
What is a common location for fissures on a tooth?
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What is a common starting point for tooth decay on a tooth?
What is a common starting point for tooth decay on a tooth?
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On which surface of anterior teeth are the mesial and distal marginal ridges located?
On which surface of anterior teeth are the mesial and distal marginal ridges located?
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What is the direction of the transverse ridge on the occlusal surface of posterior teeth?
What is the direction of the transverse ridge on the occlusal surface of posterior teeth?
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Which type of ridge is found only on maxillary molars?
Which type of ridge is found only on maxillary molars?
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What is the function of the mamelons on the incisal edges of newly erupted incisors?
What is the function of the mamelons on the incisal edges of newly erupted incisors?
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What is the direction of the tooth sulcus on the occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth?
What is the direction of the tooth sulcus on the occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth?
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What is the purpose of the developmental grooves on the occlusal surface of posterior teeth?
What is the purpose of the developmental grooves on the occlusal surface of posterior teeth?
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On which surface of posterior teeth are the triangular ridges located?
On which surface of posterior teeth are the triangular ridges located?
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What is the name of the groove located in the buccolingual center of the tooth sulcus on the premolar?
What is the name of the groove located in the buccolingual center of the tooth sulcus on the premolar?
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Study Notes
Tooth Morphology
Elevations and Ridges
- A cusp is a pyramidal elevation located on the occlusal surfaces of molars and premolars, and on the incisal edges of canines.
- Cusp ridges are linear prominences of enamel that converge toward the cusp tip, forming a four-sided pyramid shape.
- The four cusp ridges are named after the circumferential tooth surface they extend toward: facial, mesial, distal, and triangular.
Cingulum, Marginal Ridges, and Triangular Ridges
- Cingulum is the enlargement or bulge on the cervical third of the lingual surface of the crown on anterior teeth (incisors and canines).
- Marginal ridges are located on the mesial and distal border of the lingual surface on anterior teeth, and on the mesial and distal borders of the occlusal surface on posterior teeth.
- Triangular ridges are located on each major cusp of posterior teeth, extending from the cusp tip toward the depression (sulcus) in the middle of the occlusal surface faciolingually.
Transverse Ridges, Oblique Ridges, and Mamelons
- Transverse ridges are formed when a triangular ridge from a facial cusp joins with a triangular ridge from an adjacent lingual cusp, crossing the occlusal surface in a more or less buccolingual direction.
- An oblique ridge is found only on maxillary molars, crossing the occlusal surface obliquely and made up of one ridge on the mesiolingual cusp joining with the triangular ridge of the distobuccal cusp.
- Mamelons are small tubercles or scallops formed from one of the three facial developmental lobes on the incisal edges of newly erupted incisors.
Depressions and Grooves
- Tooth sulcus is a broad V-shaped depression or valley running mesiodistally on the occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth.
- Developmental grooves are major, sharply defined narrow, linear depressions formed during tooth development, usually separating the lobes or major portions of a tooth.
- Deep developmental grooves are named according to their location, such as central groove, triangular fossa grooves, buccal and lingual grooves.
- Supplemental grooves are small irregular (extra) grooves on the occlusal surface that do not occur at the junction of the lobes or major portions of the tooth.
- A fossa is a small hollow or depression found between the marginal ridges on the lingual surfaces of anterior teeth and at specific locations on the occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth.
- Pits and fissures are caused by the incomplete fusion of enamel during tooth development and are often sites for tooth decay.
Anatomy of Roots
- The apex is the tip or peak at the end of the root.
- The cervix is the slightly constricted region of union of the crown and the root.
- The root trunk is the part of the root of a multi-rooted molar or two-rooted premolar next to the cementoenamel junction.
- The furcation is the place on multi-rooted teeth where the root trunk divides into separate roots, whereas the furcal region is the region or space between two or more roots, apical to the place where the roots divide from the root trunk.
Tooth Surfaces Junctions and Dimensions
- A line angle is the junction line where two tooth surfaces meet, named by combining the names of the two surfaces, changing the “al” ending of the first surface to an “o”.
- Point angles are the junctions of three tooth surfaces at a point, such as a mesiobucco-occlusal point angle.
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This quiz covers the anatomical landmarks of teeth, including elevations and ridges, cusp locations, and tooth surfaces.
