✴ Adult Human Dentition (Illustrated Quiz)

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COMPLETE ADULT DENTITION

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32 TEETH

• 8 incisors (4 centrals + 4 laterals)
• 4 canines
• 8 premolars
• 12 molars

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CENTRAL INCISORS

Palmer - 1 | 1
Universal - 8, 9, 24, 25

• MAXILLARIES: largest anterior teeth

• MANDIBULARS: smallest, most symmetrical teeth

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MAXILLARY CENTRAL INCISORS:
HEIGHTS OF CONTOUR

• LABIAL - cervical third
• LINGUAL - cervical third

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MAXILLARY CENTRAL INCISORS:
CONTACT AREAS

• MESIAL - incisal third
• DISTAL - incisal-middle third

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MANDIBULAR CENTRAL INCISORS:
HEIGHTS OF CONTOUR

• LABIAL - cervical third
• LINGUAL - cervical third

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MANDIBULAR CENTRAL INCISORS:
CONTACT AREAS

• MESIAL - incisal third
• DISTAL - incisal third

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LATERAL INCISORS

Palmer - 2 | 2
Universal - 7, 10, 23, 26

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MAXILLARY LATERAL INCISORS:
HEIGHTS OF CONTOUR

• LABIAL - cervical third
• LINGUAL - cervical third

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MAXILLARY LATERAL INCISORS:
CONTACT AREAS

• MESIAL - incisal-middle third
• DISTAL - middle third

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MANDIBULAR LATERAL INCISORS:
HEIGHTS OF CONTOUR

• LABIAL - cervical third
• LINGUAL - cervical third

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MANDIBULAR LATERAL INCISORS:
CONTACT AREAS

• MESIAL - incisal third
• DISTAL - middle third

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CANINES (cuspids)

Palmer - 3 | 3
Universal - 6, 11, 22, 27

• 1 cusp (incisal)

• transitional teeth
(between anterior & posterior teeth in position & function)

• MAXILLARIES: longest teeth in the mouth

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MAXILLARY CANINES (cuspids):
HEIGHTS OF CONTOUR

• LABIAL - cervical third
• LINGUAL - cervical third

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MAXILLARY CANINES (cuspids):
CONTACT AREAS

• MESIAL - incisal third
• DISTAL - incisal-middle third

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MANDIBULAR CANINES (cuspids):
HEIGHTS OF CONTOUR

• LABIAL - cervical third
• LINGUAL - cervical third

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MANDIBULAR CANINES (cuspids):
CONTACT AREAS

• MESIAL - incisal third
• DISTAL - incisal-middle third

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FIRST PREMOLARS (bicuspids)

Palmer - 4 | 4
Universal - 5, 12, 21, 28

• 2 cusps (1 buccal + 1 lingual)

• MANDIBULARS: 1 small, afunctional lingual cusp

• MANDIBULARS: smallest, least typical premolars

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MAXILLARY FIRST PREMOLARS (bicuspids):
HEIGHTS OF CONTOUR

• BUCCAL - cervical third
• LINGUAL - middle third

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MAXILLARY FIRST PREMOLARS (bicuspids):
CONTACT AREAS

• MESIAL - occlusal-middle third
• DISTAL - middle third

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MANDIBULAR FIRST PREMOLARS (bicuspids):
HEIGHTS OF CONTOUR

• BUCCAL - cervical third
• LINGUAL - middle third

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MANDIBULAR FIRST PREMOLARS (bicuspids):
CONTACT AREAS

• MESIAL - occlusal-middle third
• DISTAL - occlusal-middle third

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SECOND PREMOLARS (bicuspids)

Palmer - 5 | 5
Universal - 4, 13, 20, 29

• MAXILLARIES: 2 cusps (1 buccal + 1 lingual)

• MANDIBULARS: 2 or 3 cusps (1 buccal + 1 or 2 lingual)
(may have an additional small, afunctional lingual cusp)

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MAXILLARY SECOND PREMOLARS (bicuspids):
HEIGHTS OF CONTOUR

• BUCCAL - cervical third
• LINGUAL - middle third

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MAXILLARY SECOND PREMOLARS (bicuspids):
CONTACT AREAS

• MESIAL - occlusal-middle third
• DISTAL - occlusal-middle third

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MANDIBULAR SECOND PREMOLARS (bicuspids):
HEIGHTS OF CONTOUR

• BUCCAL - cervical third
• LINGUAL - middle third

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MANDIBULAR SECOND PREMOLARS (bicuspids):
CONTACT AREAS

• MESIAL - occlusal-middle third
• DISTAL - occlusal-middle third

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FIRST MOLARS

Palmer - 6 | 6
Universal - 3, 14, 19, 30

• largest molars in the mouth

• MAXILLARIES: 4 or 5 cusps (2 buccal + 2 or 3 lingual)
(may have small, afunctional mesiolingual
Cusp of Carabelli)

• MANDIBULARS: 5 cusps
(2 buccal, 2 lingual, 1 small distal)

• MAXILLARIES: rhomboidal occlusal surface

• MANDIBULARS: trapezoidal occlusal surface
(wider mesiodistally than buccolingually)

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MAXILLARY FIRST MOLARS:
HEIGHTS OF CONTOUR

• BUCCAL - cervical third
• LINGUAL - middle third

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MAXILLARY FIRST MOLARS:
CONTACT AREAS

• MESIAL - middle third
• DISTAL - middle third

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MANDIBULAR FIRST MOLARS:
HEIGHTS OF CONTOUR

• BUCCAL - cervical third
• LINGUAL - middle third

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MANDIBULAR FIRST MOLARS:
CONTACT AREAS

• MESIAL - middle third
• DISTAL - middle third

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SECOND MOLARS

Palmer - 7 | 7
Universal - 2, 15, 18, 31

• 4 cusps (2 buccal + 2 lingual)

• MAXILLARIES: rhomboidal occlusal surface

• MANDIBULARS: rectangular occlusal surface
(wider mesiodistally than buccolingually)

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MAXILLARY SECOND MOLARS:
HEIGHTS OF CONTOUR

• BUCCAL - cervical third
• LINGUAL - middle third

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MAXILLARY SECOND MOLARS:
CONTACT AREAS

• MESIAL - middle third
• DISTAL - middle third

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MANDIBULAR SECOND MOLARS:
HEIGHTS OF CONTOUR

• BUCCAL - cervical third
• LINGUAL - middle third

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MANDIBULAR SECOND MOLARS:
CONTACT AREAS

• MESIAL - middle third
• DISTAL - middle third

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THIRD MOLARS ("wisdom teeth")

Palmer - 8 | 8
Universal - 1, 16, 17, 32

• most anomalous teeth in the mouth

• functionally & positionally extraneous

• not replaced in dentures

• MAXILLARIES: smallest molars in the mouth