Creat of curvature - answer Highest point of the curve on a tooth
Crest of curvature aka - answer Height of contour
Crest of curvature does what - answer Protects the gingiva by directing food away from
the gingiva
Interproximal space - answer Triangular shaped area cervical to the contact area of two
adjoining teeth
What is the interproximal space filled with - answer Gingival tissue called interdental
papilla
Embrasures - answer Interproximal space occlusal to the contact area of adjacent teeth
in the same arch
What do embrasures do - answerHelps keep food from being forced into the contact
areas between the teeth
What is enamel - answerCalcified substance that covers the entire a topical crown of
the Roth and protects the dentin
What is the hardest tissue in the human body - answerEnamel
What is enamel composed of - answerMillions of calcified enamel prism and enamel
rods
What is Dentin - answerLight yellow substance; more radiolucent than enamel; very
porous
Denton is what? - answerHarder than home softer than enamel
What is the largest substance of the tooth - answerDentin
Dentin transmits what? - answerPain stimuli by way of dentinal fibers. It has constant
growth and repair
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