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The teeth form the boundary between the buccal and lingual cavities.

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What is the common term for the buccal region?

Buccal is cheek - so lets see what would be there? Muscle, skin and salivary glands.


What is a buccal apparatus?

A buccal apparatus is the mouth of an insect


What organ separates the windpipe and the esophagus in the buccal cavity of a human a small hanging like structure?

the UVULA is the part of the posterior soft pallete that extends down into the oral cavity. Jeffrey J. Vrtis RN, BSN. ---- While the uvula is a hanging structure, a part of the soft palate, it is neither in the buccal cavity, nor does it separate the wind pipe (trachea) from the esophagus. There is no such structure. I believe you may be referring to the epiglottis, which is the structure that occludes the glottic opening (the opening to the trachea) when swallowing occurs, to prevent aspiration of swallowed contents. Your question is not clear, however.


Parts of buccal cavity?

Buccal cavity consist of ; 1. Tongue 2. salivary glands


What is the importance of Wilson curve?

The Curve of Wilson is characterized by the buccal cusps of the lower posterior teeth being higher than the lingual cusps and vice versa for the upper arch poster teeth. This delineates a curved medio-lateral shape which is designed to enhance the chewing cycle. As the tongue bring the food bolus into the oral cavity proper, the increased height of the lower buccal cusps and the complementary form of the upper posterior teeth cusps allow the food to remain in the chewing area and not spill out laterally.

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Why buccal cusps appear below the lingual cusps in periapical radiograph of molar maxillary?

as the buccal cusp has lesser magnification cast on radiograph as compared to the lingual cusp


What are the five surfaces of a tooth?

Mesial, Distal, Lingual (or Palatal), Buccal (or Facial), and Occlusal (or Incisal)


Where is the buckle area of a tooth?

It's spelled BUCCAL and it's the cheek side of the tooth as opposed to the lingual or tongue side.


I know dental code is D7960. What is the medical code for frenectomy?

A labial or buccal frenectomy codes to 40819. A lingual frenectomy codes to 41115.


What kind of nerve is the trigeminal nerve?

Cranial Nerve 5 (trigeminal), division V3 contains a buccal nerve, a lingual nerve and an inferior alveolar nerve.


Where are buccal medications administered?

Buccal is pertaining to the cheek, so buccal medication is dissolved like a lozenge in the cheek.


What is it the buccal sulcus?

the space between the teeth and the mucous mebrane lining the cheek is called the buccal sulcus.


Fentanyl nasal delivery and buccal tablets?

Fentanyl nasal delivery is thru the nose and buccal tablets are placed between the gum and cheeck


What does buccal mean in medical terms?

between the gum and the cheek.


What is toris is dentistry?

a torus is a benign bony growth. they are very common and occur usually in the hard palate, buccal to the upper molar teeth or on the lingual side of the lower teeth. they are not dangerous and are of little clinical significance


What is the route of administration of a drug that is placed between gum and cheek?

buccal


Where is the Buccal nerve located?

The Buccal nerve is a long-running nerve in the face. It is between the second and third molars and basically runs down the cheek. It transmits feelings from the skin of the cheek and also the mouth.