Permanent Maxillary Incisors

On completion of the Permanent Maxillary Incisors unit, the student will be able to

1. Correctly use longhand nomenclature for each tooth.

2. Describe each tooth using the following shorthand notations.

Universal or American

Palmer/Zsigmondy

International or FDI

3. Identify the following key tooth development times for this tooth and compare to development times of the other secondary teeth.

Initial calcification

Completion of crown

Time of eruption

Completion of root development

4. Describe the geometrical shape of the crown in this unit from the views listed below and compare to the geometrical shapes of the other secondary teeth.

Facial

Proximal

Incisal or occlusal 

5. Describe the location and extent of the facial, lingual, mesial and distal crests of curvature for the tooth in this unit and compare this to the other secondary teeth.

6. Describe the function of each individual tooth and the functions of each class of teeth in each of the primary and secondary dentitions.

7. Know the average dimensions of the tooth in this chapter and make comparisons to other teeth in the same class, arch and to teeth in different classes, arches and sets.

Overall length

Crown length

Root length

Crown width mesiodistally (at the crest of curvature and at the cervix)

Crown width faciolingually (at the crest of curvature and at the cervix)

8. Describe key anatomical features in each of the following views.

Facial

Lingual

Mesial

Distal

Incisal or occlusal

9. Describe the proximal (mesial and distal) vertical extent of curvature of the cervical lines of the tooth in this chapter and compare to other secondary teeth.

10. List set traits, arch traits, class traits and type traits (as appropriate) for the tooth in this chapter.

11. Describe the location of "normal" maximum intercuspation contacts for the tooth in this chapter.

12. Understand and describe the "normal" root and root canal morphology.

13. Identify variations in crown, root or root canal morphology.

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