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Question 1

another name for sulcular groove?

Answer 1

occlusal sulcus

Question 2

What is the sulcular groove?

Answer 2

Between the buccal and lingual cusps of posterior teeth in each quadrant (V shaped)

Question 3

midroot axis line?

Answer 3

is an imaginary line through the center of a tooth root

Question 4

Curve of Spee is convex and concave where?

Answer 4

convex= maxillary arch
concave= mandibular arch

Question 5

facial or lingual crest or curvature

Answer 5

is the point on a crown outline where a line drawn parallel to the midroot axis line touches the greatest bulge on the crown

Question 6

contact areas

Answer 6

where two adjacent teeth touch (by the age of 40, 10mm has been worn off)

Question 7

diastema

Answer 7

the space that exists between two adjacent teeth in the same arch that is not resulting from a missing tooth

Question 8

proximal contacts

Answer 8

distance between teeth or how the touch p 36

Question 9

embrasure spaces

Answer 9

4 somewhat triangular spaces that are separated out from the continuous space that surrounds each contact otth

Question 10

lingual embrasure

Answer 10

larger and longer than facial

Question 11

facial embrasure

Answer 11

narrower then lingual embrasure

Question 12

occlusal in incisal embrasure

Answer 12

usually shallow from the occlusal surface or incisal edge to the contact areas and is narrower faciolingually on the anterior teeth but broader on posterior teeth

Question 13

interproximal space

Answer 13

1 of the triangular shape of embrasure spaces when viewed from the facial or lingual

Question 14

interdental papilla

Answer 14

fills the interproximal space

Question 15

what is another name for the interproximal space?

Answer 15

cervical orgingival embrasure