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Lat Inc.
Third most common congenitally missing tooth (next to third molars).
Lat Inc.
Third most variable tooth form (next to third molars).
Peg lateral (microdont)
■ Dens-in-dente
Lat Inc
Most common tooth to have a palato-radicular groove
Occlusal shape is oval; proximal shape is triangular.
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Lat inc
MMR (straight) > DMR.
■ M-I corner sharper than D-I.
Lat Inc.
M-D dimension > F-L (from occlusal).
Lat Inc Max
■ Most developed lingual anatomy of all anterior teeth.
Max Lat Inc
Lingual surface is the most concave of all incisors.
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Max Lat Inc
Cingulum: central. Often prominent (talon cusp),
creating a lingual pit.
Max Lat Inc
Root just as long as maxillary central.
■ Typically curves to the distal.
Max Lat Inc
Occludes with mandibular lateral incisor and canine.
max Lat Inc
Longest tooth.
■ Longest cusp.
Max canine
Third longest crown (next to mand canine and max central).
max canine
■ Widest (B-L) anterior tooth.
■ Maxillary tooth least likely to be extracted.
max canine
Has prominent facial ridge.
max canine
■ Cusp tip centered over root (from facial).
max canine
Mesial cusp ridge < distal.
max canine
Mesial surface is straighter (less convex) than the distal.
max canine
F-L dimension > M-D (from occlusal).
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max canine
max canine
Has a prominent lingual ridge, which splits the lingual fossa into mesial and distal fossae.
Cusp tip located slightly M-F (from occlusal).
Max canine
Cingulum: central and prominent
max canine
Longest root.
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max canine
Root is oval-shaped and flattened M-D (deeper on distal).
max canine
Occludes with mandibular canine and first premolar
max canine
Largest of all premolars.
max FIRST PREMOLAR
Crown morphology
■ Has a prominent buccal ridge.
max first premolar
Only permanent tooth with mesial cusp ridge > distal cusp ridge.
max first premolar
Has a prominent mesial marginal ridge groove, which can make scaling
difficult.
max first premolar
Occlusal shape is hexagonal; proximal shape is trapezoidal
max first premolar
max 1st premolar
Occlusal table has long central groove with fewer supplemental
grooves. No central pit, but has mesial/distal pits.
2 cusps: buccal (slightly distal), palatal (slightly mesial).
max first premolar
Buccal cusp height > palatal
max first premolar
max first premolar
Only premolar with two roots (B > P).
max first premolar
Has a prominent mesial root concavity
Sits most vertically (B-L) in alveolar bone.
max first premolar
Occludes with mandibular first and second premolars.
max first premolar
Shorter and smaller than maxillary first premolar.
max 2nd premolar
Distal cusp ridge > mesial cusp ridge.
max 2nd premolar
Has a buccal ridge, but not as prominent as first premolar.
max 2nd premolar
Occlusal shape is hexagonal;
proximal shape is trapezoidal
max 2nd premolar
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Occlusal table is more ovoid and symmetrical than maxillary first premolar
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max 2nd premolar
Occlusal table has a short central groove with more supplemental grooves. Has “wrinkled” appearance.
max 2nd premolar
2 cusps: buccal, palatal (slightly mesial).
max 2nd premolar
Buccal cusp height = palatal.
Only premolar without a mesial root depression
max 2nd premolar
Occludes with mandibular second premolar and first molar.
max 2nd premolar
Largest permanent tooth.
max 1st molar
Only tooth that is broader lingually than buccally.
max 1st molar
Widest tooth (B-L).
max 1st molar
First permanent maxillary tooth to erupt.
max 1st molar
Only tooth with a pronounced distal concavity at the CEJ, which can make scaling difficul
max 1st molar
Has a long buccal groove with a central pit.
max 2nd premolar
Has a distolingual groove with a pit (on all maxillary molars
max 1st molar
Occlusal shape is rhomboidal; proximal shape is trapezoidal.
max 1st molar
4 cusps: MB, ML (largest), DB, DL (smallest).
max 1st molar
fifth cusp of Carabelli lingual to ML cusp.
max 1st molar
Primary cusp triangle: formed by ML, MB, and DB cusps (same for
all maxillary molars).
max 1st molar
Secondary cusp triangle: formed by DL cusp.
max 1st molar
Cusp heights: ML > MB > DB (primary cusp triangle) > DL (secondary cusp triangle) > Carabelli.
max 1st molar
Only tooth with two triangular ridges on one cusp (ML cusp): form the transverse and oblique ridges.
max 1st molar
most prominent oblique ridge of all maxillary molars.
max 1st molar
max 1st molar
transverse groove of the oblique ridge connects the central and distal fossae
3 roots: MB, DB (shortest), palatal (longest).
max 1st molar
Distance from furcation entrance to CEJ:
Mesial (3.6 mm) < buccal (4.2 mm) < distal (4.8 mm).
max 1st molar
Apices are closest to maxillary sinus.
max 1st molar
MB and DB roots are often shaped like “plier handles.”
max 1st molar
MB root has more common (94%) and deeper (0.3 mm) concavities than other roots.
max 1st molar
Occludes with mandibular first and second molars
max 1st molar
Similar to maxillary first molar but smaller and more angular.
max 2nd molar
Second most common tooth to have cervical enamel projections (next
to mandibular second molar).
max 2nd molar
Closest tooth to the opening of Stenson’s (parotid) duct.
max 2nd molar
Has a short buccal groove without a pit.
max 2nd molar
max 2nd molar
Occlusal table is usually rhomboidal, but can be heart-shaped if the
DL cusp is absent; proximal shape is trapezoidal.
4 cusps: MB, ML (largest), DB, DL (smallest).
max 2nd molar
Has smaller oblique ridge with a transverse groove.
max 2nd molar
Roots are typically longer, closer together, and more distally inclined
than the maxillary first molar. Occasionally fused.
max 2nd molar
max 2nd molar
Longer root trunk than maxillary first molar.
Occludes with mandibular second and third molars.
max 2nd molar
Most variable shape of any other tooth (with mandibular third molar).
max 3rd molar
Second most congenitally missing tooth (next to mandibular third
molar).
max 3rd molar
Shortest permanent tooth.
max 3rd molar
Most common tooth to have enamel pearls (with mandibular third molars).
max 3rd molar
Shortest maxillary crown.
max 3d molar
Occlusal table is usually heart-shaped since DL cusp has little or no
development; proximal shape is trapezoidal
max 3rd molar
Crown tapers lingually.
max 3rd molar
3 cusps: MB, DB, lingual.
max 3rd molar
Oblique ridge is poorly developed and often absent
max 3rd molar
Roots are often fused and distally inclined.
max 3rd molar
Occludes only with mandibular third molar
max 3rd molar