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  2. Maxillary central incisor - Wikipedia

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    The permanent maxillary central incisor is the widest tooth mesiodistally in comparison to any other anterior tooth. It is larger than the neighboring lateral incisor and is usually not as convex on its labial surface. As a result, the central incisor appears to be more rectangular or square in shape.

  3. Dental subluxation - Wikipedia

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    It is most commonly seen in school children. Dental subluxation is one of the most common traumatic injuries in primary dentition. Maxillary central incisors are the most commonly affected teeth. [10] [11] Some studies have proposed that the resilience nature of periodontium favours dislocation than fracture of the tooth itself. [12]

  4. Human tooth - Wikipedia

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    Humans have four types of teeth: incisors, canines, premolars, and molars, which each have a specific function. The incisors cut the food, the canines tear the food and the molars and premolars crush the food. The roots of teeth are embedded in the maxilla (upper jaw) or the mandible (lower jaw) and are covered by gums. Teeth are made of ...

  5. Cracked tooth syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Cracked tooth syndrome could be considered a type of dental trauma and also one of the possible causes of dental pain.One definition of cracked tooth syndrome is "a fracture plane of unknown depth and direction passing through tooth structure that, if not already involving, may progress to communicate with the pulp and/or periodontal ligament."

  6. Teething - Wikipedia

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    A 9-month-old infant with a right lower central incisor about to emerge A 9-month-old infant with a visible right lower central incisor. Teething is the process by which an infant's first teeth (the deciduous teeth, often called "baby teeth" or "milk teeth") appear by emerging through the gums, typically arriving in pairs. The mandibular ...

  7. Incisor - Wikipedia

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    maxillary lateral incisor (upper jaw, beside the maxillary central incisor) mandibular central incisor (lower jaw, closest to the center of the lips) mandibular lateral incisor (lower jaw, beside the mandibular central incisor) Children with a full set of deciduous teeth (primary teeth) also have eight incisors, named the same way as in ...

  8. Morsicatio buccarum - Wikipedia

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    The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) [5] classifies the condition under "Other Specified Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder" (300.3) as a body-focused repetitive behavior; the DSM-5 uses the more descriptive terms lip biting and cheek chewing (p. 263) instead of morsicatio buccarum.

  9. Holoprosencephaly - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms of holoprosencephaly range from mild (no facial/organ defects, anosmia, or only a single central incisor) to severe . The symptoms are dependent upon the classification type. [3] There are four classifications of holoprosencephaly, as well as a mild "microform" variant. Gross pathology specimen from a case of alobar holoprosencephaly