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
Are all of the permanent incisors succedaneous? If so, what do they replace?
- Yes
- Replace the primary incisors
When do the maxillary central incisors erupt?
7-8 years old
Maxillary central incisors crown length?
10.5mm
Maxillary central incisors root length?
13mm
When is the maxillary central incisors roots complete?
10 years old
What is the largest incisor?
Central incisors
What shape is the labial view of the maxillary central incisors?
Trapezoidal or four sided with two parallel sides
What is the angle of the messy-incisal angle?
More acute/sharp, almost 90 degrees
What is the shape of the disto-incisal angle?
More round
How many roots does a maxillary central incisor have?
1
How much longer is the root of a maxillary central incisor?
2-3mm
What is the shape of a maxillary central incisor root
Slightly straight
Are there any root concavities/depressions to a maxillary central incisor?
No
Where is the proximal contact on the medial located of a maxillary central incisor?
Incisal third
Where is the proximal contact on the distal located of a maxillary central incisor?
Junction of incisal third and middle third
Where is the cingulum found on the lingual side of the maxillary central incisor?
Just below the CEJ
Is the medial margin ridge shorter or longer on the lingual of the maxillary central incisor?
Longer
What proximal surface has the largest CEJ curvature of maxillary central incisors?
Mesial
Is the incisal edge located labial or lingual to the long axis of the maxillary central incisor?
Labial
Avulsion
Complete displacement of the tooth from the socket resulting from extensive trauma to the area
Supernumerary tooth
Extra tooth, commonly located in-between central incisors
When do the maxillary lateral incisors erupt?
8 to 9 years
When is the root completed in maxillary lateral incisors?
11 years
What tooth is the greatest in variation, with the exception to the molars?
Maxillary lateral incisors
Peg lateral
Maxillary lateral incisor does not develop correctly and is small, pointed, and looks like a cone
Is the maxillary lateral incisor wide or narrow? Measurement?
- Narrow mesiodistally
- 2mm
Which teeth have more rounded mesio-incisal and disco-incisal edges?
Maxillary lateral incisor
Which tooth typically has a longer root?
Maxillary lateral incisor
The root of a maxillary lateral incisor is often bent which way?
Distally
Maxillary lateral incisor cingulum is off center towards the…
Distal
Where is the cingulum of the maxillary lateral incisor?
Smaller and centered
What tooth typically has more distinct lingual fossae/pits?
Maxillary lateral incisor
Distolingual groove of the maxillary lateral incisor
Deep developmental groove at the side of the cingulum, usually on the distal side
Dens in dente is…
If the discolingual groove extends up on the root for part or all of its length
Linguogingival groove/fissure
Deposits can accumulate in the groove
On the lingual of the maxillary lateral incisors, the distal margin ridge is…
Appears shorter than the medial
The amount of proximal curvature is less pronounced on the…
Maxillary lateral incisors
The CEJ curves more on the…
- Mesial
- True for all anterior teeth
What is the shape of the maxillary lateral incisors on the incisal view?
More round than triangle shaped
The incisal edge is straighter mesiodistally on the..
Maxillary lateral incisors
Microdontia
Smaller sized teeth
What is one of the most common teeth to have microdontia
Maxillary lateral incisors