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Dental Anatomy & Occlusion

Dent 202
› e permanent canines
° Eruption sequence
Lower before upper
° Function
° No type traits
° Class traits
› e most stable
Longest & t ickest roots LL
Single conical cusp
Only cusped teet wit out
occlusal surface
Support t e arc and
facial musculature
° Arc traits
Upper larger t an lower
Smaller IC / MD proportion
in maxillary canine
› e maxillary canine
° Labial aspects
Cusp tip is on a line bisecting t e toot MD
Incisal outline as 2 sloping ridges
u Mesial ridge sloping less markedly and s orter t an distal
u MI angle is ig er and more rounded t an DI angle
Mesial HOC is close to t e incisal margin
Distal HOC is at t e middle portion of t e crown
Mesial outline is slig tly convex
Distal outline is markedly convex
CEJ is slig tly convex cervically
Labial surface
u Labial ridge
u Slig t depressions on eit er sides
oot is long & narrow
 › e maxillary canine
° Lingual aspect
Crown & root narrower lingually
Well-elevated marginal ridges (arc trait)
Accentuated lingual cingulum ± slig tly
concave at midpoint (arc trait)
Pronounced lingual ridge (arc trait)
ML & DL fossae
A lingual pit and/or developmental grooves
marking t e inner boundaries of marginal ridges
° Mesial aspect
Cusp tip labial to a line bisecting t e toot LL
› ick cervical t ird
HOC is between cervical and middle t irds
From HOC outline is straig t toward cusp tip
Lingual outline starts cervically convex
t en slig tly concave t en convex again
HOC is close to cervical line
› ick incisal ridge LL (arc trait)
oot is wide wit a slig t longitudinal
concavity and blunt apex
› e maxillary canine
° Distal aspect
Deeper and longer longitudinal
concavity on t e root
° Incisal aspect
Asymmetry
u Distal alf is wider & as a concavity
on t e labial outline
u Mesial part of t e labial outline is convex
Prominent convexity of t e cingulum
3 distinct lobes
° Pulp
Double convex lens s ape in LL section,
widest near cervix
Narrow in MD section
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› e mandibular canine
° Narrower MD and LL (arc trait)
° Smaller MD/IC proportion (arc trait)

Labial surface
Cusp is not as long & pointed as in maxillary (arc trait)
Mesial cusp ridge is ig adjacent to cusp tip
Distal cusp ridge is low
Incisal outline = 1/4 to 1/5 IC eig t
Mesial outline is straig t w ile distal is convex
u Aot converge slig tly toward t e cervix
Mesial HOC is just below MI angle w ile
DI angle is between incisal & middle t irds
3 lobes & 2 depressions on t e labial surface
oot is conical wit blunted root
u Mesial inclination from cervix to apex
u Crown appears tilted distally in relation to root long axis
› e mandibular canine
° Lingual aspect
Marginal ridges, lingual ridge
& cingulum are less prominent
ML & DL are s allower
Pits or grooves are rare
oot narrower lingually t an labially
Distinct longitudinal depressions
extends down proximal surfaces
° Mesial aspect
Cusp tip wit long axis of t e toot
Cervical t ird is narrower
HOC is just above CL &
entire labial outline is convex
oot is narrower
› e mandibular canine
° Distal aspect
Similar to mesial
° Incisal aspect
M & D alves are more nearly symmetrical
Lingual outline is less round
Less bulky appearance of t e incisal edge
Vertical lobe grooves are less marked
° Pulp
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