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The bone that surrounds the roots and supports the teeth

The part of the mandible and maxilla that surrounds and supports the roots of the teeth; it is also called the alveolar bone

The bony socket where the tooth is

A division in two branches

affecting both sides

calcified tissue which covers the root of the tooth

an elevation of posterior teeth in the cervical 1/3

curved inward; another name for a depression

a surface that is rounded and raised cruved outward

A rounded elevation on or near the occlusal surface of a tooth

a small, minor cusp of the maxillary first molar

the study of the forms of the teeth

a thin line that forms during tooth development when parts of the tooth are joined together

a naturally occuring space between the teeth

the process of shedding, or naturally losing, a tooth

a rounded depression on the surface of a tooth

a thin line depression on the crown of a tooth

a triangular shaped area cervical to the contact area of two adjoining teeth

where two surfaces of a tooth join together

a growth center that develops into a major part of the tooth

a smalled, rounded are on the incisal edge of an incisior

a ridge that seperates the occlusal or lingual surface from the mesial and distal surfaces

a depressed area in the middle of the cervical 1/3 of the mesial surface of the crown just under the contact area of maxillary first premolars and first molars

a developmental groove that crosses the mesial marginal ridge of the maxillary first premolar

the study of form

a ridge that runs obliquely across the occlusal surface of maxillary molars

a band of connective tissue fibers that surrounds the rooth of the tooth and connects the root to the alveolar bone. additionally functions to cushion the tooth to occlusal forces

a small depressed area where grooves join

the palce at which 3 crown surfaces meet

a raised area forming a line on the surface of the crowns of teeth

a shallow secondary groove, it does not mark the fusion of two lobes

the union of two triangular ridges

a ridge that slopes from the tip of a cusp to the central groove

an uncommon elevation found on the tooth crown by excess enamel

the study of the shapes and structures of the teeth and the way the teeth are arranged in the arches

above the root

below the root

where the anatomical crown and root meet

The convex area on a proximal surface that touches the adjacent teeth in the same arch

the spaces next to the contact area of adjacent teeth

imaginary vertical line through the center of the tooth

a large round area on the lingual surface of anterior teeth

a small round area on the incisal edge of an incisor

an elevation that seperates the occlusalor lingual surface from a proximal surface