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Category: Enamel
The small ridges, perikymata, seen on facial surfaces of canines are the result of_____________?
A. Hyperplasia
B. Hypoplacification
C. Normal development
D. Interstitial development
Inorganic content of enamel is about______________?
A. 35%
B. 50%
C. 4%
D. 96%
Enamel can act in a sense like a_______________?
A. Permeable membrane
B. Impermeable membrane
C. Semipermeable membrane
D. Infrapermeable membrane
Length of enamel rods is_____________?
A. Greater than the thickness of enamel
B. Less than the thickness of enamel
C. Equal to the thickness of enimal
D. None of the above
Incremental lines of Retzius appear_____________?
A. As lines in the enamel running at right angles to the enamel surface
B. As lines in the dentin running at right angles to the dentino-enamel junction
C. In enamel and follow the apposition pattern
D. In dentin and follow the appositional pattern
Dark bonds that are present in enamel rods at intervals of 4 μms are______________?
A. Neonantal bands
B. Cross striations
C. Striae of Retzius
D. Hunter-Schregar bands
The enamel has no capacity of self repair because______________?
A. It has only a small percent of organic content
B. Its formative cells are lost once it is completely formed
C. It is essentially a keratin tissue and has no blood vessels
D. It has no direct connection with the active cells of the dental pulp
calcification in enamel starts at____________?
A. Enamel matrix
B. Root
C. CEJ
D. DEJ
The average width of enamel rods is______________?
A. 10mm
B. 5mm
C. 2mm
D. 0.5mm
The enamel of the posterior teeth is thickest at____________?
A. Cervical third of buccal surface
B. Middle third of buccal surface
C. Middle third of lingual surface
D. Occlusal surface
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