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permanent maxillary incisors
information about the max incisors
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Undergraduate 1
11/19/2008

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How many lateral incisors are in the mouth and what are they names
Definition
4 total, lateral and cental
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On the cental incisors which teeth surfaces touch?
Definition
The mesial surfaces of the teeth 8&9 touch.
Term
What is an incisal ridge?
Definition
a section of the crown that makes up the complete incisal portion. When the crown first erupts.
Term
Describe an incisal ridge?
Definition
a raised enamel area on a tooth where eruption is complete on newly erupted incisors.
Term
how does and incisal edge form?
Definition
as the teeth flatten out after the edge is ground down into a flat surface.
Term
Which tooth is the widest mesiodistally than any other tooth?
Definition
the max. central incisors.
Term
what is on the newly erupted facial aspect of the max. central incisor?
Definition
mamelons and developmental lines.
Term
what appears to be prominant on the maxillary central incisors lingual surface?
Definition
a large fossa (large concavity, prominant MMR and DMR, and a large cingulum.
Term
what are the measurements of the max. central incisor crown?
Definition
8,9 (mesiodistal) and 10-11 from crown to CEJ
Term
T/f the distal contact area on the max. central incisor is more coronal to the incisal third of the tooth?
Definition
False
Term
Where is the mesiolabial and the distolabial groove located and on what tooth?
Definition
the maxillary central incisor. mesiofacial and distofacial.
Term
how many developmental lobes are in the max central incisor and what are their locations?
Definition
4 total 3 labial (facial, and one lingual (cingulum)
Term
is the cingulum convex or concave?
Definition
convex!
Term
how many pulp horns does the max. central incisor have?
Definition
usually 3
Term
where are caries most likely to form on the max central incisor?
Definition
the lingual pit.
Term
in what direction do the crown and the root taper?
Definition
lingaully
Term
what shape is the cross section of the maxillary central incisor?
Definition
triangular!
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where is the root located of the max. central incisor?
Definition
over the incisal edge!
Term
where is the root located of the max. central incisor?
Definition
over the incisal edge!
Term
how large is the curve of the cej in the max cent. incisor?
Definition
3-4 mm
Term
what is the purpose of the curvature in the CEJ?
Definition
more anchorage
Term
True or false. The max. central inc. has a blunt apex
Definition
true
Term
True or false. The mesioincisal aspect of the MCI is visible from the distal aspect of the MCI?
Definition
True
Term
Explain the contact area of the MCI
Definition
broad
Term
what is the significance of a broad conact area?
Definition
caries can form interproximally.
Term
True or false. The crowns of the lateral insicor are similar to the crowns of that central incisor?
Definition
true
Term
In what aspects is the lateral incisor smaller than that central?
Definition
all aspects except for root lenght.
Term
define anomolie
Definition
change or variance that is not the norm
Term
What tooth varies in form more than any other?
Definition
the lateral incisors
Term
what are some common variation in the lateral incisors and describe their appearance.
Definition
peg-laterals or peg-shaped, can appear like a canine.
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