Canines Flashcards
longest tooth in the mouth
Maxillary Canine
Longest crown in the mouth
Mandibular canine
Canine:
mesial contact is more ____
Incisal
Canine:
Height of contour on both lingual and facial is located where?
Cervical 3rd
Canine:
Crown tapers toward the:
Cervix of the tooth
Canine:
CEJ curves more ____ on the mesial than the distal
Incisally
Canine:
Crown in less bulky on the ____
Lingual
Canine:
Roots are more narrow on the ____ than then ___
Narrow MD
Wider FL
Same for crow
Canine:
Root often bends ___
Distally
Maxillary canines have wear facets on the ____
Lingual
Mandibular canines have wear faces on the ____
Labial
Canine:
The ___ and ____ cusp ridges going to form a cusp
Mesial and Distal
On both Max and Man canines the ____ cusp ridges is shorter.
Mesial cusp ridge
Canine:
The ___ surface is prominently convex
Labial surface= convex= curve inwards
Only teeth with labial ridges
Canine
Canine:
More convex (rounder) ___ contact on middle 3rd of crown
+ a slight ____ outline cervical to this contact
CONVEX DISTAL CONTACT
+Slight concave (above) outline
Canines
Both are wider ____ than ___
Wider FL than MD
Relieves the premolars and molars from horizontal forces while chewing.
Canine Guidence
Best anchor teeth class?
Canine
How many lobes does a canine have?
4 lobes; 3 facial 1 lingual
What arch of canines has a more pronouced labial ridge?
Maxillary canine
What arch of canines has a more pronouced labial ridge?
Maxillary canine
What arch of canine has more flat/less pronouced lingual anatomy?
Mandibular
What arch of canine has more pronounced lingual ridge?
Often with Mesial & distal fossa
Maxillary