PRIMARY MOLARS

Maxillary 1st molar

 There are three roots. it has a strong bulbous enamel bulge that protrudes buccally at the mesial. It is the smallest of the deciduous molars in crown height and in the mesiodistal dimension It has three root canals and four pulp horns.

Lingual root is banana shaped with strong buccal curvature in the apical 1\3

Primary maxillary first molars. 1. uccal aspect. !ote the f lare of roots. ". #esial aspect. The cervical ridge on the buccal surface is curved to the extreme. $lso note the f lat or concave buccal surface above this bulge as it approaches the occlusal surface. 3. Lingual aspect. %. &cclusal aspect. This aspect emphasi'es the extensive width of the mesial portion of primary

Maxillary 2nd molar

(It loo)s li)e a first permanent molar (There are three roots. (*sually it has four well developed cusps. (It is somewhat rhomboidal in outline. (They often have the +arabelli trait.

the lingual root is large and thic) in comparison with the other two roots. It is approximately the same length as the mesiobuccal root. If it should differ, it will be on the short side.

Primary maxillary second molars. 1. uccal aspect. ". #esial aspect. 3. &cclusal aspect.

The upper row- maxillary first molar The lower row- maxillary second molar

Mandibular 1st molar

(This tooth doesn.t resemble any other tooth. It is uni/ue unto itself. (There are two roots. (There is a strong bulbous enamel bulge buccally at the mesial. (The outline of the mesial root from the mesial aspect does not resemble the outline of any other primary tooth root. The buccal and lingual outlines of the root drop straight down from the crown and are approximately parallel for more than half their length, tapering only slightly at the apical third. The root end is f lat and almost s/uare. $ developmental depression usually extends almost the full length of

Primary mandibular first molars. This tooth has characteristics unli)e those of any other tooth in the mouth, primary or permanent. 1. uccal aspect. ". Lingual aspect. 3. &cclusal aspect.

Mandibular 2nd molar

(This tooth resembles the lower first permanent molar that is distal to it in the dental arch. (There are two roots and five cusps. The three buccal cusps are all about the same si'e. This is in contrast to the lower first molar where the .distal. cusp is smaller that the mesiobuccal and distobuccal cusps. (The distal of the three buccal cusps may be shifted of onto the distal marginal

Primary mandibular second molars. 1. uccal aspect. ". Lingual aspect. 3. #esial aspect. %. &cclusal aspect.

The upper row- mandibular first molar The lower row- mandibular second molar

SUMMARY

(*pper molars have three roots, lowers have two roots. (*pper and lower second deciduous molars resemble first permanent molars in the same /uadrant. (*pper first deciduous molars vaguely resemble upper premolars. (Lower first deciduous molars are odd and uni/ue unto themselves. (0irst deciduous molars 1upper and lower2 have a prominent bulge of enamel on the buccal at the mesial. These help in determining right and left. 1Incidentally, there is a somewhat similar bulge of enamel seen on

lingual aspect. $. #axillary first molar. . #axillary second molar. +. #andibular first molar. 3. #andibular second molar.

3istal aspect. $. #axillary first molar. . #axillary second molar. +. #andibular first molar. 3. #andibular second molar.