"How High Is Your Dental IQ" Test, Part 1.

-I’MA TELL YOUR MOMMA RIGHT NOW, HSR, about your “perfect enamel is better than perfect diamonds“ smile!-

1) The study of the way that teeth bite together, be it normally or abnormally, is called

    

a)    Interdigitation

b)   Occlusion

c)    Odontation

d)   Intercuspation

2) Human enamel has many physical properties. It is also

a)    solid minerals

b)    graphite-based

c)     semipermeable

d)    incapable of fracturing

3) T or F

       Enamel hydroxyapatite crystals resist bacterial acids better than enamel                                   fluoroapatite crystals. 

4) T or F

       The soft red tissue under a loose baby tooth that has been freshly-extracted can actually be a source of homologous stem cells.

5)  T or F

        The average number of primary teeth in the mouth is 20.

6) Prosthodontics is the area of Dentistry that deals with

a)    all of the proper ways to remove subgingival calculus.

b)   determining the exact shade, or whiteness, of one’s enamel.

c)    the growth and development of all parts of the mouth.

d)   replacing teeth and supporting structures of the mouth.

Answers: 1-b, 2-c , 3-F ,4-T , 5-T, 6-d

May you have many…all of the answers are secretly hidden in the test!...it’s easy to know everything—just act like you do!...real learning never ends, buddy!… smiles!