Anatomy of the Periodontium I Questions and Answers 2024|
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1. Masticatory mucosa is (keratinized/non-keratinized) and covers what areas of the mouth?:
keratinized; gingiva and hard palate
2. Specialized mucosa is (keratinized/non-keratinized) and covers what areas of the mouth?:
keratinized; dorsum of the tongue
3. Oral mucous membrane is (keratinized/non-keratinized) and covers what ar- eas of the mouth?:
non-keratinized; ventral tongue, cheeks, muco-gingival junction
4. covers the alveolar bone and the roots of the teeth to a position just coronal to the :
gingiva, CEJ
5. Marginal gingiva is also known as...: unattached or free gingiva
6. What forms the two walls of the gingival sulcus?: the tooth and the marginal gingiva
7. Marginal gingiva may be demarcated from adjacent attached gingiva by the
(50% of the time): free gingival groove
8. What is the width (depth) of a healthy marginal gingiva?: 1-3 mm
9. The clinical depth of the sulcus is an important parameter: diagnostic
10.What is the ideal amount of force to use when probing?: .25 newtons (enough to blanch
fingernail)
11.The more inflamed a patient's tissue, the (smaller/greater) the probing depth: Greater;
probe will go deeper into inflamed tissue
12.What demarcates the attached gingiva from the alveolar mucosa?: the mucogingival
junction (MGJ)
13.Attached gingiva is bound to the underlying of bone: periosteum,
alveolar
14.Attached gingiva width measures from the to the . This is an important
parameter: base of the sulcus to the mucogingival junction, clinical
15.The width of keratinized gingiva includes and : attached and mar-
ginal gingiva
16.The width of attached gingiva is greatest in the region and narrowest in the
region: incisor (3.4-4.5 in max, 3.3-3.9 in mand), premolar (1.9 in max,
1.8 in mand)
17.What teeth are most likely to have recession?: premolars, because gingiva is narrowest
18.Interdental gingiva can be or . Where do each of these shapes appear in
the mouth?: pyramidal (on anteriors), col (on molars)
19.With interdental gingiva, the facial and lingual papillae form one tip, directly below the
contact point: pyramidal
20.With interdental gingiva, the facial and lingual papillae have a val- ley-like depression
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between them: col
21.The col is (keratinized/non-keratinized): non-keratinized
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1. Masticatory mucosa is (keratinized/non-keratinized) and covers what areas of the mouth?:
keratinized; gingiva and hard palate
2. Specialized mucosa is (keratinized/non-keratinized) and covers what areas of the mouth?:
keratinized; dorsum of the tongue
3. Oral mucous membrane is (keratinized/non-keratinized) and covers what ar- eas of the mouth?:
non-keratinized; ventral tongue, cheeks, muco-gingival junction
4. covers the alveolar bone and the roots of the teeth to a position just coronal to the :
gingiva, CEJ
5. Marginal gingiva is also known as...: unattached or free gingiva
6. What forms the two walls of the gingival sulcus?: the tooth and the marginal gingiva
7. Marginal gingiva may be demarcated from adjacent attached gingiva by the
(50% of the time): free gingival groove
8. What is the width (depth) of a healthy marginal gingiva?: 1-3 mm
9. The clinical depth of the sulcus is an important parameter: diagnostic
10.What is the ideal amount of force to use when probing?: .25 newtons (enough to blanch
fingernail)
11.The more inflamed a patient's tissue, the (smaller/greater) the probing depth: Greater;
probe will go deeper into inflamed tissue
12.What demarcates the attached gingiva from the alveolar mucosa?: the mucogingival
junction (MGJ)
13.Attached gingiva is bound to the underlying of bone: periosteum,
alveolar
14.Attached gingiva width measures from the to the . This is an important
parameter: base of the sulcus to the mucogingival junction, clinical
15.The width of keratinized gingiva includes and : attached and mar-
ginal gingiva
16.The width of attached gingiva is greatest in the region and narrowest in the
region: incisor (3.4-4.5 in max, 3.3-3.9 in mand), premolar (1.9 in max,
1.8 in mand)
17.What teeth are most likely to have recession?: premolars, because gingiva is narrowest
18.Interdental gingiva can be or . Where do each of these shapes appear in
the mouth?: pyramidal (on anteriors), col (on molars)
19.With interdental gingiva, the facial and lingual papillae form one tip, directly below the
contact point: pyramidal
20.With interdental gingiva, the facial and lingual papillae have a val- ley-like depression
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between them: col
21.The col is (keratinized/non-keratinized): non-keratinized
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