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  1. What is a mamelon?
    b. A bump on your lower front teeth

  2. What is an edentulous person?
    d. A person without teeth

  3. What is armamentarium?
    a. Dental chairs, lights and equipment

  4. What is cementum?
    c. A bony substance covering the root of a tooth.

  5. What is an alvelous?
    a. A opening in your jaw in which a tooth is attached.

  6. What is dentin?
    c. The calcium part of a tooth below the enamel

  7. What is frenum?
    a. Pink colored skin that attaches your lips to your mouth

  8. What is an articulator
    e. A holder for models of your teeth

  9. What are caries?
    b. Cavities (tooth decay)

  10. What is a filtrum?
    e. The dimple under your nose above your lip

  11. Define labial
    e. The tooth surface next to your lips

  12. What is a mandible?
    b. A lower jaw

  13. Define masticate
    b. To mix food with saliva during chewing

  14. What are osteoblasts?
    c. Cells which help your bones and teeth grow

  15. What are osteoclasts?
    b. Cells which your body uses to create holes in your bones.

  16. Define Gingivae
    a. Your gums
  17. Define periodontium
    a. Part Of Your gums

  18. Define sagittal plane
    b. A plane seperating the left and right half of your mouth

  19. What is a cephalometric viewer?
    e. A slide viewer for x-rays

  20. Define ligate
    b. To attach archwires to the brackets on your teeth

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