5 Upper Canine
5 Upper Canine
5 Upper Canine
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The distal outline is slightly concave
between the cervical line and the
distal contact area.
Incisal outline: the crown has a
pointed cusp tip located 1mm mesial
to the line bisecting the crown
longitudinally . This cusp has a nearly
convex mesial slope and a concave
distal slope.
Cervical line: is convex toward the
root.
Contact areas:
Mesial contact area : is located at
the junction between the incisal
and middle thirds.
Distal contact area : is located
more cervically at the center of the
middle third.
The mesial stop is shorter than the
destal stop
The cusp tip is located slightly
mesial to a line bisecting the root.
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Surface anatomy :
The labial surface of the crown is convex
with the maximum convexity at the cervical
one third (cervical ridge).
It shows a vertical prominent ridge runs
from the tip of the cusp toward the cervical
margin, which is called the labial ridge.
Shallow longitudinal depressions lie mesial
and distal to the labial ridges indicating the
fusion of three labial lobes.
The middle lobe shows greater development
than the other lobes giving the cusp.
The root:
The single root is long, slender, and conical
with a pointed apex.
The labial surface is smooth and convex at
all points.
The apical third is covered in most cases
distally
LINGUAL SURFACE:
The crown:
The geometric outline is similar to that of the
labial surface.
The crown is narrower lingually than labially
due to lingual convergency.
The cingulum is larges and sometimes is
pointed like a cusp.
Mesial and distal marginal ridges are
usually of moderate size
The mesial marginal ridge is longer than the
distal marginal ridge.
Lingual ridge: it is a prominent vertical
ridge runs from the cusp tip to the
cingulum.
The lingual ridge divides the lingual fossa
into a mesial and distal lingual fossae.
The root:
The root is narrower lingually than labially