Answers To Fun Braces/Dental Quiz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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