toward the center line of the dental arch

external tooth surface

away from the center line of the dental arch

external tooth surface

the mesial or distal surface of a tooth or the portion of a cavity that is nearest to the adjacent tooth

external tooth surface

adjacent to the cheek

(premolars and molars)

external tooth surface

toward the lip

(incisors and canines)

external tooth surface

incudes buccal and labial surfaces of teeth in both maxillary and mandibular arches

external tooth surface

pertaining to the masticating surfaces of the posterior teeth

external tooth surface

relating to the cutting edge of the anterior teeth, the incisors and canines

external tooth surface

internal wall perpendicular to the long axis of the tooth

interior tooth surface

internal wall parallel to the long axis of the tooth

internal tooth surface

elevation or mound on the crown portion of the tooth making up a divisional part of the occlusal surface

Crown Elevations

large rounded eminence on the lingual surface of all anterior teeth, which encompasses the cervical third of the lingual surface

Crown Elevations

an elevation smaller than a cusp on some portion of the crown produced by an extra formation of enamel.

(These are deviations from the typical form expect for the Cusp of Carabelli on the maxillary first molar).

Crown Elevations

rounded projections on incisal edges of incisors which normally wear away shortly after eruption

Crown Elevations

any linear elevation on the surface of the tooth and is named accordingly to its location

Crown Elevations

rounded boarders of the enamel that form the mesial and distal margins of the occlusal surfaces of premolars and molars and the mesial and distal margins of the lingual surfaces of the incisors and canines.

Crown Elevations

linear ridges which descend from the tips of cusps of posterior teeth toward the central area of the occlusal surface forming a triangular shape

Crown Elevations

the union of a buccal and lingual triangular ridge crossing transversely the surface of a posterior tooth

Crown Elevations

a ridge crossing obliquely the occlusal surfaces of maxillary molars and formed by the union of the triangular ridge of the distobuccal cusp and the distal cusp ridge of the mesiolingual cusp

Crown Elevations

the ridges extending from a cusp tip; each cusp has four cusp ridges extending in different directions (mesial, dstal, facial, and lingual)

Crown Elevations

an irregular depression or concavity

Crown Depressions

located on the lingual surface of incisors

Crown Depressions

located on the occlusal surface of molars, formed by the convergin of ridges terminating at a central point in the bottom of the depression where there is a junction of grooves

Crown Depressions

located on molars and premolars on the occlusal surfaces adjacent to arginal ridges

(they are sometimes found on the lingual surfaces of maxiallary incisors at the edge of the lingual fossae where the marginal ridges and the cingulum meet).

Crown Depressions

Shallow groove or line between the primary parts, or lobes of the crown of a tooth.

Crown Depressions

an auxillary groove which branches from a development groove, and is not related to the junctions of primary parts of the crown.

Crown Depressions

small pinpoint depressions located at the junction of developmental grooves or at terminals of the grooves

Crown Depressions

where two walls (surfaces) meet

mesiobuccal line angle

where three walls meet

(When combining words to form the name of a ling angle or point angle, the last two letter of all but the last word are dropped and the letter "o" is subsititued.  Two o's are sepearated by a hyphen.)

mesio-occluso-buccal point angle

Crown Depressions

the area of the proximal surface (mesial or distal) of a tooth that touches an adjacent tooth in that arch

Crown Depressions

one of four or five, primary centers of formation of a tooth;s cron.  Cusps are repsresentative of lobes.  Mamelons represent the incisal termination of a lobe.

Crown Depressions