Tooth Anatomy

What surfaces of the tooth are located towards the tongue?

• buccal

• lingual

• facial

• incisal

Which part of the tooth is the hardest?

• Dentin

• Pulp

• Enamel

• Cementum

The second hardest tooth tissue that lies underneath the outer layer of the tooth.

• pulp

• cementum

• dentine

• enamel

What are the four front middle teeth called?

• incisors

• premolars

• molars

• canines

The area between the root and the crown of the tooth; also known as the cementoenamel junction (where the enamel and cementum meet).

• Neck

• Pulp

• Root

• Dentin

How many molars are present in the permanent dentition?

• 3

• 4

• 12

• 16

Which of the following adult teeth is nonsuccedaneous?

• Maxillary left second premolar

• Maxillary right canine

• Maxillary right first molar

• Mandibular right lateral incisor

What are the two teeth just lateral to the four front middle teeth called?

• incisors

• premolars

• molars

• canines

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

surface of the tooth toward the midline

• middle

• mesial

• middle third

• lingual

toward the back

• anterior

• posterior

• occlusal

• primary