A _____ Is a Pinpoint Depression in the Occlusal Surface

question 7

Multiple Choice

A _____ is a pinpoint depression in the occlusal surface of a posterior tooth where two or more grooves meet.

• A)pit
• B)fossa
• C)fissure
• D)developmental groove

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Definitions:

Reducing Sugar

Any sugar that is capable of acting as a reducing agent because it has a free aldehyde group or a free ketone group.

α-D-Fructofuranose

An isomer of fructose where the furanose ring form predominates, characterized by its specific configuration at the anomeric carbon.

Methyl Glycoside

Glycosides formed by the reaction of a sugar with methanol, characterized by a methoxy group replacing the glycosidic hydroxyl group of the sugar.

Mutarotation

The change in optical rotation due to the change in equilibrium between two anomers of a sugar solution over time.