Canine features:
Succedaneous, pierce/tear, longest most stable teeth, root concavities, lingual ridge (2 fossae)
Cusp Slope
Shorter mesially
Canines lingual:
Cingulum, marginal ridges + lingual ridge = two fossae
Canine eminence
Bony ridge in jaw (major facial support)
Maxillary #’s
6,11
Mandibular #’s
22,27
Eruption dates #6/11
Age 11-12
Root Completion #6/11
Age 13-15
Eruption #22,27
Age 9-10
Root Completion #22,27
Age 12-14
Antagonists #6,11
28/27
22/21
Antagonists #22,27
10/11
7/6
Bifurcated root
Split root. Mand canine clinical consideration
Dilaceration
Root apex turns left/right. Mand canine clinical consideration
Features: Max Canine
Longest Max root! Mesial contact = incisal/middle Distal contact = incisal 3rd HOC- labial = cervical Lingual = middle
Features: Mand Canine
Longest mand root! Mesial contact = incisal 3rd Distal contact = incisal/middle HOC - labial = cervical Lingual = middle
Clinical considerations: Max Canine
Ectopic eruption (out of occlusion) Impaction (fail to erupt)