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Tooth Morphology
Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Bicanineate | A two-cusp type of mandibular second premolar |
Bifurcated | Divided into two |
Bifurcation | Area in which two roots divide |
Canine eminence | External vertical bony ridge on the labial surface of the canine |
Canine eminence | Most prominent developmental groove on the posterior teeth |
Central groove | Raised, rounded area on the cervical third of the lingual surface |
Cingulum | Major elevation on the masticatory surfaces of canines and posterior teeth |
Cusp | The fifth supplemental cusp found lingual to the mesiolingual cusp |
Diastema | A space between two teeth |
Fossa | Wide, shallow depression on the lingual surfaces of anterior teeth |
Furcation | Area between two or more root branches |
Imbrication lines | Slight ridges that run mesiodistally in the cervical third of the teeth |
Incisial edge | Ridge on permanent incisors that appears flattened on labial, lingual, or incisal view after tooth eruption |
Incisial edge | |
Inclined cuspal planes | |
Mamelone |