The teeth located on either side of a missing tooth are called what?

The teeth located on either side of a missing tooth are called what?

• A. Abutment
• B. Edentulous
• C. Implant
• D. Incisors

Answer: (A)

Abutment teeth are the teeth located on either side of a missing tooth; they provide support for a dental bridge by receiving crowns that anchor the bridge to the adjacent teeth. In a fixed bridge, the neighboring teeth are prepared and crowned to act as abutments, resisting chewing forces and keeping the prosthesis in place. Edentulous describes the condition of having no teeth at all, not the teeth next to a gap. An implant is a replacement root that can support a crown, and incisors are a type of tooth, not the term for adjacent teeth.

Abutment teeth are the teeth located on either side of a missing tooth; they provide support for a dental bridge by receiving crowns that anchor the bridge to the adjacent teeth. In a fixed bridge, the neighboring teeth are prepared and crowned to act as abutments, resisting chewing forces and keeping the prosthesis in place. Edentulous describes the condition of having no teeth at all, not the teeth next to a gap. An implant is a replacement root that can support a crown, and incisors are a type of tooth, not the term for adjacent teeth.