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1
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Maxillary buccal view: crown symmetry

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Greater symmetry on maxillary 2nd premolar

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Maxillary buccal view: occlusal-cervical dimension

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Larger on maxillary 1st premolar

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Maxillary buccal view: cervical width

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Wider cervical neck on maxillary 2nd premolar

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Maxillary buccal view: buccal cusp sharpness

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Sharper on maxillary 1st premolar

5
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Maxillary buccal view: buccal cusp ridge lengths

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Mesial cusp ridge on maxillary 1st premoler is longer

Mesial cusp ridge on maxillary 2nd premolar is shorter

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Maxillary buccal view: buccal cusp ridge depressions

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More often found on maxillary 1st premolar

7
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Maxillary buccal view: buccal ridge prominence

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More prominent on maxillary 1st premolar

8
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Maxillary mesial view: cusp height difference

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Larger on maxillary 1st premolar

9
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Maxillary mesial view: mesial crown concavity

Note its significance

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Present on maxillary 1st premolar (good place for bacteria deposit –> cavities)

10
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Maxillary mesial view: mesial marginal ridge groove

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Present on maxillary 1st premolar

11
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Maxillary mesial view: number of roots

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Maxillary 1st premolar = 2 (buccal and pharyngeal)

Maxillary 2nd premolar = 1 root

(Important to know for root canals)

12
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Maxillary mesial view: developmental root depression

Give the significance of this morphology

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Deeper on maxillary 1st premolar (can be area for caries)

13
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Occlusal view: outline form

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More rounded on maxillary 2nd premolar

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Maxillary occlusal view: lingual cusp displacement

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Greater mesial displacement of lingual cusp on maxillary 1st premolar

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Maxillary occlusal view: mesial surface convexity

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Greater on maxillary 2nd premolar

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Maxillary occlusal view: buccal ridge prominence

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More prominent on maxillary 1st premolar

17
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Maxillary occlusal view: mesial marginal ridge groove

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Present on maxillary 1st premolar

18
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Maxillary occlusal view: central developmental groove lengths

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Slightly longer on maxillary 1st premolar

19
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Maxillary occlusal view: marginal ridge width

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Wider on maxillary 2nd premolar

20
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Maxillary occlusal view: location of pits

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Maxillary 1st premolar = closer to marginal ridges

Maxillary 2nd premolar = closer to center of tooth

21
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Maxillary occlusal view: mesio-buccal and disto-buccal line angles

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More prominent and angular on maxillary 1st premolar

22
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Mandibular buccal view: occlusal cervical crown dimension

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Greater on mandibular 1st premolar

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Mandibular buccal view: buccal cusp height

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Greater on mandibular 1st premolar

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Mandibular buccal view: buccal cusp sharpness

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Greater on mandibular 1st premolar

25
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Mandibular lingual view: llingual cusp heights

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Greater on mandibular 2nd premolar

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Mandibular lingual view: occlusal surface visibility

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Greater on mandibular 1st premolar

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Mandibular lingual view: lingual groove presence

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Present on mandibular 2nd premolar with 3 cusps (1 buccal, 2 lingual)

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Mandibular lingual view: marginal ridge positions

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1st premolar = mesial is more cervical than distal

2nd premolar = distal is slightly more cervical than mesial

29
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Mandibular mesial view: lingual cusp heights

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Greater on mandibular 2nd premolar

30
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Mandibular mesial view: buccal cusp locations

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2nd premolar = slightly more buccal

31
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Mandibular mesial view: marginal ridge angulations

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1st premolar = lingual slope

2nd premolar = horizontal

32
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Mandibular mesial view: mesio-lingual groove

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Present on mandibular 1st premolar (do not confuse with 2nd premolar lingual groove)

33
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Mandibular mesial view: difference in cusp heights

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Greater on mandibular 1st premolar

34
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Mandibular mesial view: occlusal surface visibility

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Greater on mandibular 1st premolar

35
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Mandibular occlusal view: number of cusps

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1st premolar = 2 cusps

2nd premolar = 2 or 3 cusps

36
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Occlusal view: bucco-lingual crown dimension

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Greater on mandibular 2nd premolar

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Mandibular occlusal view: crown outline form

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1st premolar = diamond shaped

2nd premolar = square or oval

38
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Mandibular occlusal view: pits locations

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1st premolar = mesial and distal

2nd premolar = mesial, distal and central

39
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Mandibular occlusal view: occlusal table size

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Larger on mandibular 2nd premolar

40
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Mandibular occlusal view: developmental groove form

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1st premolar = straight line

2nd premolar = Y-shaped

41
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Tooth numbers of premolars

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maxillary premolars = 1.5, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5

mandibular premolars = 3.5, 3.4, 4.4, 4.5