Primary Teeth Flashcards
At what is calcification of the primary teeth completed
3-4 years
Usually pattern for eruption for primary teeth
- Centrals
- Laterals
- 1st molars
- canines
- 2nd molars
- Front to back except canines
- Lowers before uppers except laterals
Where is the primate space in the
Max
Mand
- Max: btw lateral and canine
- Mand: btw canine and first molar
How do primary molars differ from permanent molar regarding roots
Primary roots are more divergent and lack a root trunk
Which tooth in primary dentition is the smallest crown faciolingually
Primary mandibular central incisor
On a primary canine which slope is longer
Cusp is
Mesio-incisal slope is longer
Cusp is offset distally
Which primary tooth has a ceown that represents a permanent tooth
and roots
The primary 1st molars crown ressembles a permanent pre-molar
Max 1st molar has roots like a permanent max molar
Which primary tooth has a prominent facial and lingual cervical ridge
primary cent incisor
WHich tooth has a prominent MF cervical ridge
Primary maxillary 1st molar
What features can be found on a max 2nd molar
- oblique ridge
- tranverse ridge
- DL groove
- Cusp of carabelli
- Also has more cusps than than primary 1st molar
Which primary tooth has the most distinctly facial cervical ridge
Primary mandibular 1st molar
Mandibular primary 1st molar features
Distal triangular fossa
Tranverse ridge
Which primary tooth does not look like a permanent tooth
Primary mand 1st molar
