Tooth Identification Flashcards
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Maxillary Central Incisor
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widest anterior tooth (mesio - distal)
Sharp Mesio-incisal edge
Straight incisal edge
wedge shaped
textured lingual side
contact at incisal 1/3
CEJ exaggeratedtoward Incisal edge
Biting/Cutting
Erupts: 7-8 yrs
Number: 8 or 9
2
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Macillary Lateral Incisor
A
Narrower & shorter than central incisor
LOTS OF DEVELOPMENTAL VARIATION: ex. Peg Shaped Lateral
MOST COMMONLY MISSING TOOTH IN MOUTH
blund & round shaped
Mesio/distal-incisal edge is roung
incisal surface slants uphill distally
Root points to side
ERUPTION: 8-9 yrs
NUMBER: 7 & 10
one root, one canal
broad root w/ furrows on medial & distal surfaces
Lingual pit
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