When a molar has no opposing tooth, it can become_______________?

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1. While charting the dentition of a child, the pedodontist finds that the following teeth are present in all the four quadrants; permanent central incisor , permanent lateral incisor , decidous cuspid , decidous first molar, decidous 2nd molar and permanent 1st molar. The eruptive pattern may be considered most nearly normal for a child aged_____________?

   A. 3-6 years
   B. 7-10 years
   C. 11-14 years
   D. 15- 18 years

2. In normal occlusion , with which grooves / surface of the permanent mandibular first molar does the mesiobuccal cusp of the permanent maxillary first molar occlude______________?

   A. Distobuccal groove
   B. Mesial surface
   C. Mesiobuccal surface
   D. Transverse groove

3. If a permanent first molar is lost, the permanent second molar drifts to the______________?

   A. Buccal side
   B. Distal side
   C. Mesial side
   D. Lingual side

4. The permanent mandibular second molar differs from the permanent mandibular first molar in number of ______________?

   A. Cusps
   B. Roots
   C. Lingual grooves
   D. Marginal ridges

5. The tooth bud for the third molar is initiated at about the age of______________?

   A. 6th month I.U
   B. 1st year of life
   C. 2nd year of life
   D. 8th year of life

6. The sharpest cusp of primary first molar tooth is____________?

   A. Mesiobuccal
   B. Distobuccal
   C. Mesiolingual
   D. Distolingual

7. If the pulp of a single rooted tooth canal were triangular in cross section with the base of the triangle located facially and the apex lingually with a longer mesial side than distal side; the tooth most likely is_____________?

   A. Maxillary central incisor
   B. Maxillary second premolar
   C. Mandibular lateral incisor
   D. Mandibular central incisor

8. The last primary tooth to be replaced by a permanent tooth is usually the_____________?

   A. Maxillary second molar
   B. Mandibular second molar
   C. Maxillary canine
   D. Mandibular canine

9. A new tooth is erupting in the mouth of a one and a half year old child. This tooth is most likely to be a decidous___________?

   A. Maxillary central incisor
   B. Mandibular lateral incisor
   C. Maxillary lateral incisor
   D. Maxillary canine

10. Periodontal fibres joining cemental surface of one tooth, to cemental surface of adjacent tooth are called____________?

    A. Gingivodental
    B. Cemental fibres
    C. Horizontal fibres
    D. Transseptal fibres