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Dental Assisting · CDA / DANB · Healthcare and Nursing

Dental Assisting Tooth Anatomy and Charting

Tooth numbering systems, tooth surfaces, eruption dates, tissue structures, and charting symbols for restorations and conditions.

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40 basic cards for CDA / DANB Dental Assisting. It opens with "In the Universal Numbering System, which tooth is #1?" and "In the Universal Numbering System, which tooth is #16?". More Healthcare and Nursing decks are listed below.

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In the Universal Numbering System, which tooth is #1?
Show answerMaxillary right third molar (upper right wisdom tooth)
In the Universal Numbering System, which tooth is #16?
Show answerMaxillary left third molar (upper left wisdom tooth)
In the Universal Numbering System, which tooth is #17?
Show answerMandibular left third molar (lower left wisdom tooth)
In the Universal Numbering System, which tooth is #32?
Show answerMandibular right third molar (lower right wisdom tooth)
In the Universal Numbering System, which tooth is #8?
Show answerMaxillary right central incisor
In the Universal Numbering System, which tooth is #9?
Show answerMaxillary left central incisor
What letters does the Universal Numbering System use for primary (deciduous) teeth?
Show answerA through T
In the primary tooth lettering system, which tooth is A?
Show answerMaxillary right second molar
What does the first digit of a two-digit FDI tooth number indicate?
Show answerThe quadrant, and whether the tooth is permanent or primary
How does Palmer notation identify a tooth?
Show answerA quadrant bracket symbol plus a number 1 to 8 for permanent teeth, or a letter A to E for primary teeth
What is the mesial surface of a tooth?
Show answerThe proximal surface facing toward the midline of the arch
What is the distal surface of a tooth?
Show answerThe proximal surface facing away from the midline of the arch
What is the buccal surface of a posterior tooth?
Show answerThe surface facing the cheek
What is the facial (labial) surface of an anterior tooth?
Show answerThe surface facing the lips
What is the lingual surface of a tooth?
Show answerThe surface facing the tongue

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