INTRODUCTION:
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Second tooth from the midline in each lower quadrant
Shares a mesial contact area with the central incisor.
Mandibular lateral incisor is slightly wider mesiodistally
Slightly larger in all respects than the mandibular central
incisor
Complements the central in function.
Distal contact is with the deciduous mandibular canine
until that tooth's exfoliation and then contact is shared
with the permanent canine.
Labial Lingual
aspect aspect
Incisal
aspect
Mesial
aspect Distal
aspect
TOOTH NUMBERING SYSTEM
UNIVERSAL - 23,26
SYSTEM
ZSIGMONDY / PALMER -
2 2
FDI - 32 , 42
SYSTEM
CHRONOLOG
YFirst evidence of calcification 3-4 months i.u
Crown completion 4-5 years
Eruption 7-8 years
Root completion 10 years
DIMENSIONS:
Cervico Length Mesiodista Mesiodistal Labio or Curvature of
incisal of the l diameter of Buccolingual cervical line –
Length of root diameter crown at cervix diameter of
crown of crown Mesial
Crown Distal
Cervix
9.5 mm 14.0 mm 5.5 mm 4.0mm 6.5 mm 5.8 3 mm 2 mm
mm
Labial Aspect
Incisal margin may slope slightly gingivally toward distal, which
results in a distoincisal angle that is more rounded than same
angle of central incisor
This feature creates a slightly shorter distal margin, when
compared to mesial outline
Contact area on distal is more cervically located than
on the mesial, thus creating a more cervically located
height of contour on distal outline.
Both heights of contour are still in incisal third
Lingual Aspect
Lingual outlines are similar to those of labial aspect
Structures of lingual surface are similar to their
counterparts on the central incisor except cingulum
more offset to distal, and as a result
cervical line is also offset distally is
curvature
of
M D D M
Mand. Central Mand. Lat.
Incisor Inciosor
• Concavity in lingual aspect is slightly more deep when
compared to mandibular central incisor
• MMR > DMR
Lingual fossa more
concave
Mesial & Distal Aspects
Two surfaces are similar to their counterparts on central incisor, with a few minor
exceptions.
Lateral's distal surface is slightly shorter inciso-cervically than mesial surface.
Both cervical line curvatures are slightly less than their counterparts in the
central.
MESIA DISTA
L L
Mesial cervical line shows greater incisal curvature than does
the distal
At distal contact area, height of contour is more cervically
located than on mesial
In incisal third, distal contact area is very near to junction of
incisal & middle thirds & is most cervically located of any
mandibular incisor contact
Incisal Aspect M D
Incisal edge is not straight mesiodistally, as it is in central,
rather it curves toward lingual in its distal portion
Lingual contour (cingulum) appears displaced toward distal.
These factors give crown the appearance of being slightly
twisted on its root
Best identifying features, when differentiating this tooth from
central incisor
Root
: length is slightly more than in central incisor.
Root
Root is also slightly thicker and wider.
Root concavities may be found on the mesial and distal root
surfaces, and if present, concavity in distal is usually more
pronounced
