WRONG FOLDER - GENP 311 - Maxillary Incisors Flashcards
Arch traits
Can be used to differentiate between maxillary and mandibular traits
Type traits
Can be used to differentiate between one tooth from another
MI
Mesio-incisal
M
Mesial
DI
Disto-incisal
B
Buccal
CG
Central groove
MMRG
Mesial marginal ridge groove
MD
Mesiodistal
FL
Faciolingual
MMR
Mesial marginal ridge
DMR
Distal marginal ridge
How many incisors are in each quadrant?
2
How many incisors are in each arch?
4
How many incisors are in each dentition?
8
Diastema
Space in-between incisors
Mesial surface of right central incisors touches what part of the left central incisor?
Mesial surface of left central incisor
Function of incisors
- Cutting and biting food
- Articulate speech
- Support lips, esthetics
- Guide mandible during movement
Maxillary incisors teeth numbers?
7, 8, 9, 10
How many lobes are on incisors
4
How many labial lobes are on incisors? What are they
- 3
- Mesiolabial
- Middle labial
- Distolabial
Mamelons
- Rounded “bumps” on the incisal edge of newly erupted
- Unworn incisor teeth
Cingulum
Bulge at top of tooth
How many lingual cingulum are there on the incisors?
1
Where is the height of contour on the labial and lingual surfaces of the incisors?
Cervical third
Does the mesial or distal CEJ curve more?
Mesial
Is the CEJ curvature greater on the anterior teeth or the posterior teeth?
Anterior