Incisor

single root

shovel shape

Canine

single root

pointed

Premolar

single or double root

bifurcate or complex crown

Molar

mulit rooted

complex, multi cusped crowns

Largest

shovel

worn on lingual

Smallest

worn on buccal

Canines

Maxillary

Mandibular

Largest, longest rooted

smallest

Premolars

Maxillary

Mandibular

bicuspid, cusps of equal size

dimpled, oft. 3 cusps

Molars

Maxillary

Mandibular

3 roots, 3-4 cusps, 2 valleys w cusps forming zig zag

2 roots, 5 cusps (4-7)

crowns higher on mesial

slope away toward distal

roots=2 bars, right angle to mandible

root tips point distally

crowns higher lingual

root=large on lingual, two smaller on buccal

crowns wider mesial

Max-cent larger, squarer

mand-cent smaller, squarer

Max-P1 larger, pentagonal; P2 more oval

Mand-P1 more pointed, P2 flatter

become smaller front to back

fewer cusps

tend. roots to fuse

more irreg, less symmet