Exam 12: Enamel

Which of the following occurs with the deposition of minerals into mature enamel?

What is the approximate amount of inorganic material in mature enamel?

Which of the following can occur to mature enamel with a case of bulimia?

Which of the following is not a usual way for erosion of enamel to occur?

Which of the following cell types are not renewable during the lifetime of the tooth?

The ______ refer(s) to incremental lines that stain brown in preparations of mature enamel.

Which of the following is a pronounced incremental line in enamel?

In what part of the erupted tooth is mature enamel noted?

The crystals in the enamel rod groups bend sinusoidally to the right or left at a slightly different angle than do adjacent groups,which is shown in the:

Enamel matrix is a(n) _____ product,because ameloblasts are derived from the inner enamel epithelium of the enamel organ.

Enamel _____form the crystalline structural unit of enamel.

Which of the following represent short dentinal tubules located near the dentinoenamel junction within mature enamel?

Enamel matrix is produced by the _____ cells.

Which of the following are partially mineralized vertical sheets of enamel matrix that extend from the dentinoenamel junction near the tooth's cervix to the outer occlusal surface?

Enamel rods interdigitate at each cusp tip to form a complex known as:

Which of the following are noted as small,dark brushes with their bases near the dentinoenamel junction within mature enamel?

Enamel can be lost by _____ ,which is caused by increasing the tensile and compressive forces during tooth flexure,which possibly occurs during parafunctional habits with their occlusal loading.

After the ameloblasts are finished with both enamel appositional growth and maturation,they become part of the:

Which of the following is not associated with the incremental nature of enamel?

How does mature enamel appear on a radiograph as compared to dentin or pulp of the erupted tooth?