Primary teeth Flashcards
Enamel Rods
Extend from cervical to occlusal in primary
Extend horizontal/down toward cervical in permanent
Primate space
located anterior to maxillary canine
and posterior to mandibular canine
Only tooth that is wider than tall?
primary maxillary centrals
The primary maxillary central incisors have prominent facial and lingual _______ _______
cervical ridges
Only canine with cusp tip offset to mesial?
primary maxillary canine
aka longer mesial cusp ridge than distal
Tooth looks like a maxillary 2nd premolar but has roots that look like a permanent molar
primary 1st molar
Th primary maxillary 1st molar has a prominent_______ _______ _______ like no other tooth. It also has a _______ _______ surface that extends from the facial to the cervical ridge.
facial cervical ridge
flat facial
Tooth with greatest buccal lingual width and looks like a permanent maxillary 1st molar
primary maxillary 2nd molar
Smallest tooth in the mouth
primary mandibular central incisor
Where is the cusp tip offset to on the mandibular primary canine?
mesial like all other canines but primary max. canine
Tooth doesn’t look like any other tooth in mouth
primary mandibular first
mandibular first primary molar:
biggest cusp
sharpest cusp
biggest cusp: MF
sharpest cusp: ML
primary tooth that resembles permanent mandib. first molar
primary mandibular 2nd molar
Largest primary tooth
Mandibular 2nd
