Tooth Morphology

Tooth Morphology

1. Left

2. Right

3. Centrals

4. Cetrals (insisor)

   • Large tooth
     • 90% angle at Mesio-insisal edge
       • Distal more rounded
         • Root is round in cross section

5. Lateral

   • Palatal pit
     • Root longer than crown

6. Lateral

   • tip may deviate distally
     • Round cross sectional root

7. Canine

   • Large and bulbous
     • Cetral cusp
       • More tooth lying to distal
         • sticks out from root more

8. Canine

   • Root curves distally (apical)
     • Mesial side blends into root more

9. First premolar

   • Oval occlusial
     • 2 cusps, buccal bigger than Pal
       • 2 roots, buc/pal

10. First premolar

    • Canine fossa mesially on root
      • Fissure runs straight through mesial