MODERN DENTAL ASSISTING EXAMS SET
2026 FULL SOLUTION VIEW AHEAD
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Apical third. Answer: Division of the root nearest the tip of the root
●● Buccal surface. Answer: Tooth surface closest to the inner cheek
●● Buccolingual division. Answer: Lengthwise division of the crown in
a labial or buccolingual direction, consisting of the facial or buccal/labial
third, middle third, and lingual third
●● Centric occlusion. Answer: Maximum contact between the occluding
surfaces of the maxillary and mandibular teeth
●● Cervical third. Answer: Division of the root nearest the neck of the
tooth concave curved inward
●● Concave. Answer: Curved inward
●● Contact area. Answer: area of the mesial or distal surface of a tooth
that touches the adjacent tooth in the same arch
, ●● Convex. Answer: Curved outward
●● Curve of Spee. Answer: Curvature formed by the maxillary and
mandibular arches in occlusion
●● Curve of Wilson. Answer: Cross-arch curvature of the occlusal plane
●● Deciduous (duh-SID-yoo-us). Answer: Pertaining to the first
dentition of 20 teeth; often called "baby teeth" or primary teeth
●● Dentition (den-TI-shun). Answer: Natural teeth in the dental arch
●● Distal surface. Answer: The surface of the tooth distant or away from
the midline
●● Distoclusion (DIS-toe-kloo-shun). Answer: Class II malocclusion in
which the mesiobuccal cusp of the maxillary first molar occludes mesial
to the mesiobuccal groove of the mandibular first molar
●● Embrasure (em-BRAY-zhur). Answer: Triangular space in a gingival
direction between the proximal surfaces of two adjoining teeth in contact
●● Facial surface. Answer: Tooth surface closest to the face. Facial
surfaces closest to the lips are called labial surfaces, and facial surfaces
2026 FULL SOLUTION VIEW AHEAD
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Apical third. Answer: Division of the root nearest the tip of the root
●● Buccal surface. Answer: Tooth surface closest to the inner cheek
●● Buccolingual division. Answer: Lengthwise division of the crown in
a labial or buccolingual direction, consisting of the facial or buccal/labial
third, middle third, and lingual third
●● Centric occlusion. Answer: Maximum contact between the occluding
surfaces of the maxillary and mandibular teeth
●● Cervical third. Answer: Division of the root nearest the neck of the
tooth concave curved inward
●● Concave. Answer: Curved inward
●● Contact area. Answer: area of the mesial or distal surface of a tooth
that touches the adjacent tooth in the same arch
, ●● Convex. Answer: Curved outward
●● Curve of Spee. Answer: Curvature formed by the maxillary and
mandibular arches in occlusion
●● Curve of Wilson. Answer: Cross-arch curvature of the occlusal plane
●● Deciduous (duh-SID-yoo-us). Answer: Pertaining to the first
dentition of 20 teeth; often called "baby teeth" or primary teeth
●● Dentition (den-TI-shun). Answer: Natural teeth in the dental arch
●● Distal surface. Answer: The surface of the tooth distant or away from
the midline
●● Distoclusion (DIS-toe-kloo-shun). Answer: Class II malocclusion in
which the mesiobuccal cusp of the maxillary first molar occludes mesial
to the mesiobuccal groove of the mandibular first molar
●● Embrasure (em-BRAY-zhur). Answer: Triangular space in a gingival
direction between the proximal surfaces of two adjoining teeth in contact
●● Facial surface. Answer: Tooth surface closest to the face. Facial
surfaces closest to the lips are called labial surfaces, and facial surfaces
