2. By the end of this lecture, the student should be able to:
1- Memorize the chronology of permanent maxillary central incisors
2- Describe the different aspects of permanent maxillary central incisor.
3- Describe the pulp cavity of the permanent maxillary central incisor.
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3. General information about the incisors
Types Maxillary central and lateral
Mandibular central and lateral
Numbers 8 in total - 4 maxillary and 4 mandibular
Surfaces Labial, lingual, mesial, distal, incisal
Functions
Cutting food, Pronunciation of letters, Esthetics (especially supporting lips)
5. Universal system?
Write the number of maxillary central incisors by the 3
numbering systems?
Right central incisor Rt Lt
Left central incisor
8 9
Palmer system? 1 1
2 digit system? 11 21
6. 6-7 y
Enamel organ appearance:
Chronology
5 m.i.u.
Beginning of calcification 3-4 M
m.i.u. = Months Intra-Uterine
m= Months (after birth)
Crown completed 4-5 y.
y= years
Eruption 7-8 y.
Root completed 10 y.
7. There are 2 Upper (maxillary) central incisors
The central incisor contacts the lateral incisor distally
And contacts the central incisor of the other side mesially
8. General rules in description
1- The directions of the surfaces are inverted from the right
tooth an its corresponding left one.
Example: In the right central incisor, in the labial aspect:
* The mesial side is located in the left side of the patient (right in this photo)
* The distal side is located in the right of the patient (left in this photo)
If we studied the left central incisor, the directions are inverted
Same rule is followed in the study of all aspects
Rt Lt
Distal
Mesial
Mesial
Distal
9. General rules in description
Labial Lingual
2- The directions are also inverted between (labial and lingual)
Example: In the right central incisor, in the labial aspect:
* The mesial side is located in the left side of the patient (right in this photo)
* The distal side is located in the right side of the patient (left in this photo)
If we studied the lingual aspect of the same tooth (right central incisor), the
mesial side will be the opposite
Same rule is followed in the study of (mesial and distal aspects)
Distal
Mesial
Mesial
Distal
10. Apply the rule number 2
In the right central incisor, in the mesial aspect:
* The lingual side is located in the left side of the patient (right in this photo)
* The labial side is located in the right side of the patient (left in this photo)
If we studied the distal aspect of the right central incisor, the directions are
inverted
Labial
Lingual
Lingual
Labial
Mesial Distal
11. Central incisor from all aspects (surfaces)
(we will study the right central incisor)
Labial Lingual Mesial Distal
Incisal
13. Labial aspect
I- Crown:
A) geometric outline:
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(short side cervical /long side incisal)
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4-sided shape
With 2 parallel &uneven sides
And 2 even & unparalleled sides
14. Labial aspect
B) outlines:
1- Cervical line: Convex rootwise
2- Mesial outline: Straight slightly convex
Contact area: (Incisal third)
3- Distal outline: More convex
Contact area: Just cervical to the junction of incisal and middle thirds
4- Incisal:
* Mamelons seen in newly erupted incisors
* Incisal edge is straight and perpendicular to midline
*Mesial angle sharp &distal rounded
1
2
3
Mesial angle
Distal angle
Mesial
contact area
Distal
contact area
15. Labial aspect
C) surface:
Elevations: Cervical ridge
depressions:
Shallow mesiolabial &distolabial developmental grooves
Reaching the middle third
II- root:-
-Outline: Conical
-Surface: Smooth & convex
-Apex: Blunt & centered
These symmetric criteria of the root are present
in this tooth and in lower second premolars
Thus, their extraction easier than other teeth
16. Lingual aspect
I- Crown
A) geometric outline: Same as labial (with lingual convergence)
Lingual convergence:
The narrowing of the mesiodistal dimension from labial to lingual
17. Lingual aspect
B) outlines: Same as labial (with inverted directions as discussed before)
C) surface:
*Elevations:
Cingulum
marginal ridges
incisal ridge
*Depressions: lingual fossa
Cingulum
II- root:- Same as labial but narrower
Incisal ridge
Mesial marginal ridge
Distal marginal ridge
The lingual fossa
gives the tooth
the shovel shape
18. Mesial aspect
B) outlines:
*Cervical line: Concave rootwise
*Labial outline :
Convex cervical 1/3 (cervical ridge)
Then less convex to the incisal edge
*Lingual outline :
Convex (cingulum)
Concave (lingual fossa)
Convex (incisal ridge)
*incisal: Midline
Cervical line
Cervical ridge
Cingulum
Lingual fossa
Incisal ridge
I- Crown
A) geometric outline: Triangle (base is cervical)
Less convex
20. Distal aspect
I- Crown:
A) geometric outline: As mesial
B) outlines: As mesial aspect except:
*Cervical line: Less curved
C) surface:
Contact area:
Just cervical to the junction of incisal and middle thirds
II- root:- As mesial
Mesial
Distal
Less curved
Contact area
21. Incisal aspect
A) geometric outline:
Triangular (base labially and apex lingyally)
B) Incisal edge: Centered labio-lingually
C) Cingulum:
Slightly shifted to distal
Labial
Lingual
22. Pulp cavity
Three Pulp horns
Single root canal:
Cross section: Triangular
(base labially and apex lingually)
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