TCOLE practice exam| Questions and Answers with complete solution

form and function - relationship of the shape of teeth to their functions functions - mastication esthetics phonetics proximal contact - contact relations of one tooth with another in each arch mesially and distally two - each arch has this many proximal contacts... points - contact areas are areas not these... importance of proximal contacts - -it serves to keep food from packing between the teeth -it helps stabilize the dental arches by the combined anchorage of all the teeth in either arch in contact with eachother food impaction, gingivitis, periodontal disease - consequences of lack of proximal contact triangular - interproximal spaces are this shape alveolar bone - the sides of the triangle are proximal surfaces of contacting teeth and the base of the triangle is this narrower - teeth get ... mesially distally towards the cervical line interproximal spacing - -allows for sufficient bone tissue