Prosth (mental Dental)| 192 QUESTIONS| WITH
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
FRENUMS in the maxilla? Correct Answer: 1 labial frenum
2 buccal frenums (attach to orbicularis oris + buccincator)
Space between maxillary tuberosity and pterygoid hamulus (sphenoid) Correct
Answer: hamular notch
how can you FIND the vibrating line?
how far from fovea palatini
____mm posterior Correct Answer: pt says AHHHH
*from hamular notch -> hamular notch
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2mm posterior
how to find the "butterfly line"? Correct Answer: does valsalva maneuver
*junction between hard and soft palate
*the reason there is a vibrating line is because there is connective tissue that goes
from hamular notch-> the other
what two line encloses the POST DAM (posterior palatal seal) Correct Answer:
butterfly line
vibrating line
the DistoBuccal portion of a maxillary denture is defined by what in the pt mouth?
____
what movement do you have pt do? Have patient move mandible _____
what is the DB part of the MANDIBULAR denture molded by?
,motion to have pt do? Correct Answer: Coronoid notch
move mandible from side to side
masseter (masseteric notch)
have them close
the Pterygomandibular raphe connects what two muscles? ____ laterally and ____
medially. Correct Answer: buccinator (laterally)
superior pharyngeal constrictor (medially)
the pterygomandibular raphe moves ANTERIORLY during what mouth
movement?
clinical significance to denture? Correct Answer: opening
dont want it popping the denture out
Which Muscle does the LABIAL frenum attach to:
Mandible?
Maxilla? Correct Answer: mandible- orbicularis oris
maxilla - *DOES NOT ATTACH to anything*
which FRENUM does not attach to orbicularis oris? Correct Answer: maxillary
labial frenum
lingual frenum
name the mandibular frenums and what they attach to:
labial frenum to _____
2 buccal frenums to ___ and orbicularis
,3. lingual frenum to ____ Correct Answer: labial- orbicularis oris
2 buccal frenum- orbicularis + buccinator
Lingual frenum- genioglossus
what is the INFERIOR muscle to the:
MAND labial vestibule?
MAND buccal vestibule Correct Answer: labial - mentalis
buccal- buccinator
WHY is the bone in the retromolar pad not removed with edentulism? Correct
Answer: attachment for many different muscles
which muscles attach to the retromolar pad? (4) Correct Answer: temporalis
Pterygomandibular raphe
buccinator
superior pharyngeal constrictor
line dividing the tongue side of alveolus and floor of mouth?
alveolingual_____
what SHAPE does it have Correct Answer: alveololingual sulcus
S
ANTERIOR region of the alveololingual sulcus runs from? Correct Answer:
lingual frenum -> premylohyoid fossa
the Sublingual gland is above which muscle in the mouth?
what is its relevance to dentures? Correct Answer: mylohyoid
, this is why the lingual anterior portion of denture is shorter than the other parts of
the denture
*instead of the mylohyoid acting as the inferior border it is the soft tissue covering
the sublingual gland
Middle region of ALVEOLOLINGUAL sulcus runs from what two structure
Correct Answer: premylohyoid sulcus -> distal mylohyoid ridge
in the middle part of the ALVEOLOLINGUAL sulcus the denture will extend
_____________ due to the ____ Correct Answer: medially
*due to mylohyoid ridge
where is POSTERIOR region of ALVEOLOLINGUAL sulcus Correct Answer:
retromylohyoid fossa
WHY is the lingual posterior part of a denture longer than it should be?
fibers of mylohyoid run VERTICALLY in that area Correct Answer: fibers of
mylohyoid run VERTICALLY in that area
the DISTAL part of a mandibular denture is limited by what TWO muscles?
Correct Answer: palatoglossus
superior constrictor muscle
PRIMARY support areas for MAND denture (2) Correct Answer: retromolar pad
buccal shelf (buccinator attaches here)
PRIMARY support areas for maxdenture (2) Correct Answer: palate
alveolar ridge
____: reistance to horizontal dislodging forces.
for upper and lower this is dependent on ridge ____ and __ of the vestible, and the
denture ____ Correct Answer: stability
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
FRENUMS in the maxilla? Correct Answer: 1 labial frenum
2 buccal frenums (attach to orbicularis oris + buccincator)
Space between maxillary tuberosity and pterygoid hamulus (sphenoid) Correct
Answer: hamular notch
how can you FIND the vibrating line?
how far from fovea palatini
____mm posterior Correct Answer: pt says AHHHH
*from hamular notch -> hamular notch
----------
2mm posterior
how to find the "butterfly line"? Correct Answer: does valsalva maneuver
*junction between hard and soft palate
*the reason there is a vibrating line is because there is connective tissue that goes
from hamular notch-> the other
what two line encloses the POST DAM (posterior palatal seal) Correct Answer:
butterfly line
vibrating line
the DistoBuccal portion of a maxillary denture is defined by what in the pt mouth?
____
what movement do you have pt do? Have patient move mandible _____
what is the DB part of the MANDIBULAR denture molded by?
,motion to have pt do? Correct Answer: Coronoid notch
move mandible from side to side
masseter (masseteric notch)
have them close
the Pterygomandibular raphe connects what two muscles? ____ laterally and ____
medially. Correct Answer: buccinator (laterally)
superior pharyngeal constrictor (medially)
the pterygomandibular raphe moves ANTERIORLY during what mouth
movement?
clinical significance to denture? Correct Answer: opening
dont want it popping the denture out
Which Muscle does the LABIAL frenum attach to:
Mandible?
Maxilla? Correct Answer: mandible- orbicularis oris
maxilla - *DOES NOT ATTACH to anything*
which FRENUM does not attach to orbicularis oris? Correct Answer: maxillary
labial frenum
lingual frenum
name the mandibular frenums and what they attach to:
labial frenum to _____
2 buccal frenums to ___ and orbicularis
,3. lingual frenum to ____ Correct Answer: labial- orbicularis oris
2 buccal frenum- orbicularis + buccinator
Lingual frenum- genioglossus
what is the INFERIOR muscle to the:
MAND labial vestibule?
MAND buccal vestibule Correct Answer: labial - mentalis
buccal- buccinator
WHY is the bone in the retromolar pad not removed with edentulism? Correct
Answer: attachment for many different muscles
which muscles attach to the retromolar pad? (4) Correct Answer: temporalis
Pterygomandibular raphe
buccinator
superior pharyngeal constrictor
line dividing the tongue side of alveolus and floor of mouth?
alveolingual_____
what SHAPE does it have Correct Answer: alveololingual sulcus
S
ANTERIOR region of the alveololingual sulcus runs from? Correct Answer:
lingual frenum -> premylohyoid fossa
the Sublingual gland is above which muscle in the mouth?
what is its relevance to dentures? Correct Answer: mylohyoid
, this is why the lingual anterior portion of denture is shorter than the other parts of
the denture
*instead of the mylohyoid acting as the inferior border it is the soft tissue covering
the sublingual gland
Middle region of ALVEOLOLINGUAL sulcus runs from what two structure
Correct Answer: premylohyoid sulcus -> distal mylohyoid ridge
in the middle part of the ALVEOLOLINGUAL sulcus the denture will extend
_____________ due to the ____ Correct Answer: medially
*due to mylohyoid ridge
where is POSTERIOR region of ALVEOLOLINGUAL sulcus Correct Answer:
retromylohyoid fossa
WHY is the lingual posterior part of a denture longer than it should be?
fibers of mylohyoid run VERTICALLY in that area Correct Answer: fibers of
mylohyoid run VERTICALLY in that area
the DISTAL part of a mandibular denture is limited by what TWO muscles?
Correct Answer: palatoglossus
superior constrictor muscle
PRIMARY support areas for MAND denture (2) Correct Answer: retromolar pad
buccal shelf (buccinator attaches here)
PRIMARY support areas for maxdenture (2) Correct Answer: palate
alveolar ridge
____: reistance to horizontal dislodging forces.
for upper and lower this is dependent on ridge ____ and __ of the vestible, and the
denture ____ Correct Answer: stability
