2024 VTNE Dentistry Exam Review Latest Questions With Complete Grade A Answers
- Apical
Answer: Toward the root tip
- Which is a proper dental term for describing a tooth surface
Answer: Distal: Farthest away from the midline
- Buccal
Answer: facing the cheek
- Cats have maxillary premolars on one side, and mandibular
molars on one side.
Answer: 3 (missing 5)
and 2 (missing 5 and 6)
- Dog dental formula
Answer: 2 x (1 3/3 C 1/1 PM 4/4 M 2/3) =42 teeth
1-top right 2- top left 3- bottom left 4-bottom right
6. Premolars are mostly used for:
Answer: Cutting and breaking
- Molar teeth are used for
Answer: grinding
- Incisors are used to
Answer: groom and gnaw
- Canine teeth are used to
Answer: hold and tear
10. Three rooted teeth in dogs:
Answer: Maxillary
PM4 M1 M2
11. 2 rooted teeth in dogs:
Answer: Maxillary: 1 / 2
PM2 PM3
Mandibular:
PM2 PM3 PM4 M1 M2
- Permanent canine and molar teeth usually erupt at - months of
age in dogs.
Answer: 4-6 months
-incisors: 3-5 months
-molars: 5-7 months
- Tooth pulp
Answer: Contains nerves, blood vessels, and connective tissues
14. This part of the tooth thickens with age: Narrowing the pulp cavity.
Answer: Dentin.
-This is a good way to age teeth via oral radiographs.
15. Enamel facts:
Answer:
-Enamel is relatively easy to clean and slow to stain.
-It is acellular and is considered nonliving.-Cementum covers the root of the tooth.
-Ameloblasts do form enamel during tooth development, but enamel production (amelogenesis) stops just before tooth eruption and no more enamel is produced.
16. Dentin is covered by:
Answer: cementum and enamel
- Normal scissor occlusion is when the maxillary fourth premolars occlude-
Answer: Buccally over the first mandibular premolar
- The heaviest calculus deposits tend to accumulate over the buccal surface of
Answer: the upper cheek teeth
typically 108, 109, 208, 209
- Carnassial teeth
Answer: p4 and M1
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