Maxillary Central Incisor
MAXILLARY CENTRAL INCISOR Introduction * Centre in the maxilla , one on either side of the median line, with mesial surface of each in contact with mesial surface of other. * Two in number. * Larger than lateral incisor. * These teeth supplementary to each other in function , and they are similar anatomically . * Shearing and cutting teeth . * Major function is punch and cut food material during the process of mastication. CONTACT AREA Mesial - Incisal third very near or approaching in the Incisal angle . Distal - Near the junction of Incisal and middle third . LABIAL ASPECT * Crown outline is trapezoidal. * Length of crown is usually greater than mesiodistally width. * Outline of crown - # mesial slightly convex. # distal outline more convex. * Mesio-incisal angle is sharp , Disto-incisal angle rounded. * Incisal outline regular and straight in mesiodistal direction . * Root is cone shape with a regularly blunt apex . LINGUAL ASPECT * Smooth convexity at the cervical third...