INTRODUCTION OF

DENTAL ANATOMY
AND TERMINOLOGY
2 Februari 2016
drg. Michael A. Leman, MMedEd
dalam rangkaian blok Ilmu Kedokteran gigi dasar

References :
1. Ash MM, Nelson SJ. Wheeler’s dental anatomy,
physiology and occlusion. 8th ed. Elsievier. St. Louis;
2003
2. Fuller JL,Denehy GE, schuelin TM. Concise dental
anatomy and morphology. 4th ed
 INTRODUCTION

A study of dental anatomy requires learning about THE

MORPHOLOGY OF THE VARIOUS TEETH IN
HUMAN DENTITIONS and KNOWLEDGE OF HOW
THE SHAPE, FORM, STRUCTURE , COLOR AND
FUCTION OF THE TEETH RELATE TO EACH
OTHER IN THE SAME DENTAL ARCH AND TO THE
TEETH IN THE OPPOSING ARCH
Humans have TWO SETS OF TEETH DURING A
LIFETIME, primary or DECIDOUS TEETH or milk
teeth and PERMANENT TEETH
 TERMINOLOGY
A CUSP is an elevation or mound on the crown
portion of a tooth making up a divisional part of
the occlusal surface
A TUBERCLE is a smaller elevation on the same
portion of the crown produced by an extra
formation on enamel
A CINGULUM, is the lingual lobe of an anterior
tooth makes up the bulk of the cervical third of
the lingual surface
 TERMINOLOGY
A FOSSA is an irregular depression or concativity.
Lingual fossae are on the lingual surface of
incisors
Triangular fossae are found on molars and
premolars on the occlusal surface mesial or distal
to marginal ridges
A SULCUS is a long depression or valley in the
surface of a tooth between ridges and cusps, the
inclunes if which meet an an angle. A sulcus has a
developmental groove at the junction of its inclines
( the term sulcus should not be confused with the
groove)
 TERMINOLOGY

A RIDGE is any linear elevation on the surface of a tooth and is

named according to its location( e.g buccal, incisal, or
marginal ridge)
Marginal ridges are those rounded borders of the enamel that
form the mesial and distal margins of the occlusal surfaces of
premolars and molars and the mesial and distal margins of
the lingual surfaces of the incisors and canines
Triangular ridges descend from the tips of the cusps of molars
and premolars toward to the central part of the occlusal
surfaces
Oblique ridges is a ridge obliquely crossing the occlusal
surfaces of maxillary molars and formed by the union of the
triangular ridge of distobucal cusp and the distal cusp ridge of
the mesiolingual cusp
 TERMINOLOGY
A DEVELOPMENTAL GROOVE is a shallow
groove or line between the primary parts of the
crown or root
A SUPPLEMENTAL GROOVE, less distinct, is
also a shallow linear depression on the surface
of a tooth
Buccal and lingual grooves are developmental
grooves found on the buccal and lingual
surfaces of the posterior teeth
TERMINOLOGY
PITS are small pinpoint depressions located
at the juntion of developmental grooves or
at terminals of those grooves
Central pits is a term used to describe a
landmark in the central fossa of molars
where developmental grooves join

A LOBE is one of the primary sections of

formation in the development of the crown
A mamelon is any one of the three rounded
protuberances found on the incisisal ridge
of newly erupted incisor teeth
DENTAL NOMENCLATURE

18 Februari 2016
Introduction
The first step in understanding dental
anatomy is to learn the nomenclature, or
the system of names, used to describe or
classify the material included in the subject
1/3 BAGIAN ATAS

1/3 BAGIAN
TENGAH

1/3 BAGIAN
BAWAH
UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM
PALMER’S NOTATION METHOD
FDI system
 ZYGMONDY
Permanent teeth

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Decidious teeth

I II III IV V I II III IV V
I II III IV V I II III IV V
UTRETCH
• S = superior (atas)
• I = Inferior (bawah)
• d= Dexter (kanan)
• s= sinister (kiri)
• Gigi tetap menggunakan huruf besar dan
gigi susu menggunakan huruf kecil
Thank you