MDS PREP
A tooth makes its appearance in the oral cavity usually when
1. all of the crown is completed
2. all of the root is completed
3. one half of the root is completed
4. one half of the crown is completed
Dental Anatomy
Answer: 3
A tooth makes its appearance in the oral cavity usually when one half of the root is completed
The beginning of active eruption of a human tooth occurs
1. before the root has begun to develop
2. coincidental with the beginning of root formation
3. before the root has begun to develop
4. after one half of the root is formed
Dental Anatomy
Answer: 4
The beginning of active eruption of a human tooth occurs after one half of the root is formed
Which of the following describes the anatomic progression from mandibular first to third molars?
1. The roots become more divergent.
2. The crowns and roots become longer.
3. The crowns and roots become shorter.
4. The crowns become longer, but the roots get shorter.
Dental Anatomy
Answer: 3
The secretory product of odontoblasts is:
1. Topocollagen. 2. Calcium salts.
3. Mantle dentin. 4. Hydroxyapatite
Dental Anatomy
Answer: 3
Specific gravity of enamel is:
1) 1.9
2) 2.2
3) 2.5
4) 2.8