The maxillary central incisor is a human tooth in the front upper jaw, or maxilla, and is usually the most visible of all teeth in the mouth. It is located mesial (closer to the midline of the face) to the maxillary lateral incisor. As with all incisors, their function is for shearing or cutting food during mastication (chewing). There is typically a single cusp on each tooth, called an incisal ridge or incisal edge. Formation of these teeth begins at 14 weeks in utero for the deciduous (baby) set and 3–4 months of age for the permanent set.
There are some minor differences between the deciduous maxillary central incisor and that of the permanent maxillary central incisor. The deciduous tooth appears in the mouth at 8–12 months of age and shed at 6–7 years, and is replaced by the permanent tooth around 7–8 years of age. The permanent tooth is larger and is longer than it is wide. The maxillary central incisors contact each other at the midline of the face. The mandibular central incisors are the only other type of teeth to do so. The position of these teeth may determine the existence of an open bite or diastema. As with all teeth, variations of size, shape, and color exist among people. Systemic disease, such as syphilis, may affect the appearance of teeth.
Dentistry has several systems of notation to identify teeth. In the universal system of notation, the deciduous maxillary central incisors are designated by a letter written in uppercase. The right deciduous maxillary central incisor is known as "E", and the left one is known as "F". The permanent maxillary central incisors are designated by a number. The right permanent maxillary central incisor is known as "8", and the left one is known as "9".
In the Palmer notation, a letter is used in conjunction with a symbol designating in which quadrant the tooth is found. For the deciduous teeth, the left and right central incisor would have the same letter, "A", but the right one would have the symbol, "┘", underneath it, while the left one would have, "└".
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La dentition désigne l'ensemble des phénomènes concernant la formation, la croissance et l'éruption des dents à travers la gencive, et, plus particulièrement leur mise en place sur l'arcade. Le terme de « dentition » est également utilisé, dans le langage courant, pour désigner le nombre, la nature, et la disposition des dents d'un animal ou d'un être humain, c'est-à-dire sa denture. Dans un contexte scientifique, cet usage, sans doute influencé par le mot anglais « dentition », est cependant incorrect.
Le développement dentaire ou odontogenèse est le processus complexe par lequel se forment, grandissent et apparaissent les dents dans la bouche. Afin que les dents humaines se développent dans un environnement buccal sain, l'émail, la dentine (ou l'ivoire), le cément et le parodonte doivent tous se développer aux stades adéquats du développement fœtal. Les dents de lait (ou déciduales, ou temporaires) commencent à se développer entre six et huit semaines de vie in utero et les dents définitives vers la vingtième semaine de grossesse.
La malocclusion dentaire est un défaut d'alignement ou d'emboitement entre les dents des deux arcades dentaires lorsque celles-ci se rencontrent à la fermeture des mâchoires. Le terme fait référence à la manière dont les dents opposées se rencontrent (mal + occlusion = "occlusion incorrecte"). Chez l'humain, les spécialistes distinguent trois classes de malocclusion dentaire : la neutrocclusion, la distocclusion et la mésiocclusion. Cette classification est issue des travaux d'Edward Angle, le père de l'orthodontie moderne.
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