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Across
  1. 2. Pertaining to or directed toward the cheek. It is often used to designate the side of the tooth that faces
  2. 4. Toward the crown or top of a tooth, rather than toward the root (apical).
  3. 5. The sharp, pointed tooth, located at the corners of the mouth and outside the incisors
  4. 6. Situated near the front.
  5. 9. The bone that surrounds and supports the tooth and associated structures.
Down
  1. 1. A metal alloy containing mercury commonly used for dental restorations
  2. 3. Also called tartar. A mineralized, hard deposit derived from plaque biofilm and salivary mineral salts.
  3. 4. Having a rounded, somewhat elevated surface (the hill itself)
  4. 5. Rounded and somewhat depressed or hollowed out
  5. 7. A structure of bow-like or curved outline (the side view of Santa’s tummy!),
  6. 8. Calcified connective tissue that covers the outside surface of a tooth’s root.