Monday, 29 August 2011

TOOTH MORPHOLOGY


Biggest, Tallest, Widest, Best, Only, Fastest, and Most Likely Teeth:

The widest mesio-distally: mandibular first molar
The widest ANTERIOR mesio-distally: maxillary central
The only tooth with a pulp wider mesio-distally than facio-lingually: maxillary central
The widest facio-lingually:  maxillary first molar
The widest ANTERIOR facio-lingually:  maxillary canine
The only tooth that is narrower facially than lingually: maxillary first molar
The tallest tooth inciso-gingivally:
#1= maxillary canine

#2= mandibular canine


The tallest crown inciso-gingivally:
#1= mandibular canine

#2= maxillary central

#3= maxillary canine

The longest root inciso-gingivally: maxillary canine

The most symmetrical: mandibular central
The smallest: mandibular central
The narrowest mesio-distally: mandibular central
The narrowest and smallest-rooted pre-molar: mandibular first

The most congenitally malformed or missing:
#1= third molars

#2= maxillary lateral

The pre-molar most likely to be congenitally missing= mandibular second pre-molar
The best developed lingual anatomy: maxillary lateral
The most likely to have dens-in-dente: maxillary lateral

The greatest constriction from pulp chamber to canals: maxillary first pre-molar
The pre-molar most likely to have 1 root and 1 canal: mandibular second
The anterior tooth most likely to have a bifurcated root: mandibular canine

The only tooth with 2 triangular ridges on 1 cusp: maxillary first molar
The only tooth with a mesio-lingual groove: mandibular first pre-molar
The only tooth with a root that is inclined mesially: mandibular canine

The only teeth with crown concavities:
maxillary first pre-molar (mesial)

maxillary first molar (distal)


The only teeth with a longer mesial cusp slope than distal:
maxillary first pre-molar

primary maxillary canine

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