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Set traits
Molar roots
• More slender & relatively longer
• More bowed & flared outward
• Shorter root trunk
Milk-white in color
Enamel is thinner & pulp chamber is large
Some class, arch & type traits in permanent
dentition are applied to deciduous dentition
Only new traits will be discussed
Deciduous incisors
Eruption
Mandibular before maxillary incisors
Central before lateral incisors
No mamelons, labial grooves or lobes
Maxillary Central incisor
The only incisor with MD breadth >
crown height
M & esp. D profiles overhang root
profiles
No labial grooves, depressions or
lobes
Cingulum
Bulging & more incisally located
May extend further toward the incisal
edge – lingual ridge
Unmarked by pits or grooves
MRs are clearly evident
Maxillary Central incisor