Dental Residual Ridge and Bone Quiz

• The diminishing quantity and quality of residual ridge after teeth are extracted
• A chronic, progressive, and irreversible process with the rate being fastest in the first 6 months after extraction
• The most prominent continuous surface of the residual ridge
• The portion of the residual bone and its soft tissue covering that remains after the removal of teeth (correct)

• Throughout life at a slower rate
• In the first 6 months after extraction (correct)
• After 2 weeks after extraction
• Within the first week after extraction

• The extraction socket is temporarily sealed by blood clotting
• Epithelial tissues begin its proliferation and migration (correct)
• Histologic evidence of active bone formation is seen
• The cascade of inflammatory reactions is immediately activated

<p>The component of maxillary or mandibular bone that remains after the teeth are lost (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The most prominent continuous surface of the residual ridge, not necessarily coincident with the center of the ridge (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers