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Tooth Morphology
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |