Question 543 · LDEK · Structure and physiology of dental tissues

Choose false statements regarding the palatogingival grooves:

1) they occur due to fluoride deficiency in fetal life;
2) they most often occur in permanent maxillary lateral incisors;
3) they are considered a developmental anomaly;
4) their floor if deprived of enamel;
5) they develop as a result of trauma sustained by endodontically treated teeth.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. 1,2.
  2. B. 2,4.
  3. C. 3,5.
  4. D. 4,5.
  5. E. 1,5.
Hint

Ask whether the groove is a developmental invagination or an acquired defect, and whether fluoride or trauma could create it.

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