Tooth Morphology: Identifying the Adult Dentition

by Prof Christopher Stokes, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield.
A quick overview of the main morphological features of the adult dentition using oversize model teeth.
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00:00 Basic Terminology
01:47 Upper Incisors
02:46 Lower Incisors
03:40 Canines
04:55 Upper Premolars
05:48 Lower Premolars
06:42 Upper Molars
08:54 Lower Molars

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[@ChristopherStokes-Sheffield]

Thanks for the positive comment. Glad you found it useful.

[@alght7]

Thanks. I spent 2 hours with a pile of teeth and a complicated bone manual, yet I learned so much more in your 11 minute video.

[@TheHettie07]

Thank you!! So much clearer than the lectures I've had in school, and your voice is very easy to listen to--please do more videos, I have more than a year left in school!

[@moniekdavis924]

This was by far one of the most helpful videos I’ve stumbled upon in my search to find a morphology video. I’m so happy I found this video, it helped a ton!! Thank you!

[@mariamabid7698]

Brilliant! Absolutely needed this to feel the right amount of prepared before my one on one test tomorrow. Thank you!

[@farmamick]

Brilliant - concise, clear, to the point. Thank you for taking the time to do this video.

[@emmasimons4030]

8 years later this video is still helping! woah thanks heaps! first year in dental and this made it so much easier

[@ginaplopper-norton8839]

really helpful! i have a test on this on friday and i've been struggling with this, but the video is informative

[@mabochamokonyane9963]

Excellent teaching! Thank you so much

[@Borolad116]

This is a really good video! Might it be possible to do one for the deciduous dentition? :)

[@chloes5886]

This has to be my favourite video ever on RUclips, thank you!

[@nidhivyas999]

thank you so much, you made my day... it was helpful..

[@Travelwithmoi]

Very good video. One common though, when comparing lower central and lateral, in reality the lower central looks more fan shaped and symmetrical compared to lower lateral.

[@johnsonsarah8583]

Gratitude! I have my exam on dentistry two days later and cant even identify them.... helped a lot! I like your voice!

[@rinatse2001]

This was a lifesaver, thank you!

[@jamima28]

Thank you so much for this video. Very helpful for a end of the chapter revision.

[@christinefreeman8175]

you have made my DENTAL ANATOMY class so much easier with this AMAZING video. your voice and accent are just a bonuis. the students LOVED it. i then used CLAY MOLD of LR6- as an assignmet. MUST SHOW 5 cusps, etc. thank you, very much. make MORE VIDEOS please.

[@calxa8386]

Brilliant! Very clear and concise. Thank you.

[@AndrewHarmsArtwork]

Really awesome video. Clear, concise, and helpful. Thank you.

[@mahdisalah2685]

Now this is some world-class teaching
thanks a lot

[@splashthefly9039]

This video helped me a lot! Thanks buddy, I'll share it. 😀

[@NikhilSingh-gs2mg]

Taught me tooth morphology within 10 minutes! Thank you!

[@MehdiZangenehBar]

Great tutorial! would you please make another one for the "primary" teeth?

[@wolf_g_6861]

well equipped, understandable good package of you! Thank you.

[@leahvanderlinden736]

This is so helpful. Thank you.

[@tiggrr100]

Excellent! This will be a homework assignment for the dental assisting and dental hygiene students for their Head + Neck Anatomy course. Great self study, with a much nicer voice than mine. :)

[@kathrynreyes8769]

Thank you, this is very easy to understand! very clear

[@DancingDolphins1996]

Really helpful video, thank you!
Wish there was one for deciduous dentition too

[@madihayosufzai7182]

Awsome expalination of the teeths! I Like it

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Bestest explanation ever 🙌🏻

[@sslkr93]

very well explained, thank you

[@heidiponce13]

this saved me thank you. i love you. keep doing the lords work

[@gEnIoOhAzEl]

That was extremely helpful ! Thank you so much !!!!

[@ChristopherStokes-Sheffield]

Thanks for your positive comments. Not so sure about my voice though ;)

[@breannaburrone5774]

Thank you a ton for this video! I'm learning this all in German at school and you helped me finally understand! :D

[@zestrus11]

excellent teaching

[@Trevor_Martin]

DS1 here about to take their tooth morphology midterm! Such a helpful video.

[@stuartwood3472]

Thank you for the video

[@ingasmiles7992]

Amazing video thank you

[@khushitiwari2983]

Your accent is ❤️ , and by the way explanation too was ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks for the last min prep 😉😉

[@elsabram]

Thank you! Really good video!

[@khadijahalhabshi173]

thank you! i can finally differentiate them with one another

[@thaopham9874]

Thank you. fantastic video.

[@andyandy4023]

Very nice video..ws helpful..hope u cud hv covered more characteristics lyk diffrnces in root morphology etc..

[@sal4.619]

very helpful! thanks!

[@OJASVIVYAS]

Thanks ..please upload more videos ..very useful ..thanks n regards

[@firatkara5231]

Thanks bro i love this video many thanks❤

[@chrisjanssen7715]

thank you so much! very helpful!

[@passion4life861]

thanks Dr stokes!! perfect for last minute revision! :) hope theres more videos in the pipeline :) loved your explanations, this will definitely jog my memory in the exam. :)

[@darshdarsh3184]

Thank u so much sir for this video!!!

[@denizhanozyurek]

thanks helped a lot!

[@Pharmentist]

very good video! i think you should make some more :)

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U r amazing. And so talented.

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Thank you! very usefull!

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Thank you so much!

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so so helpful..thanx allot (:

[@Shimaaemd]

Thanks alot

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Very helpful

[@alexandrayla]

thanks for this vid! :)

[@anishpatel4579]

Thank you for the video Dr Stokes. Where can i possibly get hold of some plastic teeth such as the above to help me with my anatomy as a dental student?

[@chetnasharma2652]

Very helpful !

[@soso8724]

This helped ❤️

[@ApoorvaRana-ye3bc]

Thank you so much sir , i watched this video yesterday and was able to identify all the teeth in my practical exam today 😀

[@hfsafahad]

Am I the only one that can’t hear?

[@yazeedaziz3301]

I'm a dentist.. back in college doctor used to open my mouth and show other students the cusp of carabelli as I have humongous one on the first molar and also a normal one on the second molars

[@ChristopherStokes-Sheffield]

Thanks for the kind words. Glad you found it useful.

[@jenniferkohlmeyer6316]

Hello! Where did you get your tooth models from?

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Really cool

[@DanthemaninPrague]

please make more videos! :)

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Just an amazing teacher, thanks from Palestine

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Thank you

[@mariaalejandrabatista6331]

Thank you so much for this video!!! Question, where did you buy these teeth???

[@segheirhicham1783]

Prothesis teacher gave us the teeth disorganized and now i know how to identify them thanks alot!

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Useful & thanks a lot
From iran 🌷🙏

[@bhanu549]

Thankyou, can you explain in detail occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth

[@sanaiqbal8329]

Thank you thank you thank you

[@Elizabethka92]

Thank you so much! Very useful! But sometimes the attrition can make identification more complicated (when working with archaeological material) :(

[@Enasmuhammad]

great videooooo

[@jojikhan55582]

Attention !!!! U said that lower 1 is asymtricl while the lower 2nd is symmetrical ... but these are opposite infact ... i mean to say lower 1 is symtrcl while lower 2 nd is asymtrcl !!!
Refrence : Fuller dental anatomy and morphology !!!

[@ChristopherStokes-Sheffield]

Thanks - A good point worth raising. I think where we differ is in where we are describing the symmetry. In the 'perfect' teeth used here, you can see the 1 and 2 differ, with the central showing an obvious difference mesial to distal (looking at the labial surface and the incisal edges) that the 2 does not have, and which allows for orientation mesial-distal much like for the upper incisors. However, if you look at the tooth from above, you are indeed correct that the 1 will appear symetrical, and the 2 will show a 'twist' that makes it unsymetrical.

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We have a quiz tomorrow and I'm glad that I found this!! ❤❤ This + Kriss ai, I'll probably gonna ace it ! 🤞🏻

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What is that kriss ai??

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Thank you boy Hermione!

[@TTumblr99]

Thank yyouu !!

[@hasha9]

I agree with everything except I'd say the lower lateral incisors are more ASYMMETRICAL not symmetrical than the centrals...

[@MrHaluza]

exactly, first thing what you see concerning the video and WTF moment is right there

[@alisha1678]

Thankyou❤️

[@merlinjohn7381]

I mess up with the tooth during my second year preclinical practical’s so I’m here again 😅

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ty

[@jarka1634]

Hi van you please make video how to model these teeth with roots from clay?

[@AliYounesAJ]

Hello Dr. Christopher, thank you for the very interesting video. where can I find cbct files or 3d models of teeth including their roots and canals, thanks!

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If you want to see videos my channel has with roots
If models purchase nissin dental models

[@queenemeafu7945]

I likd how you did everything clearly and now i know about my tooth.

[@shirleycurtis-summers3750]

This is a fantastic video. Professor Stokes, could you tell me where you got the dentition models from? I'd like to use for my teaching.

[@BingoDobber]

Hi Shirley - the models are adaptations of some really old large scale teeth to show some features more clearly (fissures, some cusps etc). I have put a link to a 3D printable file of a scan of the set of teeth in the comments.

[@ambrose9090]

Why there is no route? It would be good to discuss the route.

[@kayleighbaker1886]

Does anyone know roughly how much it would cost to get these 3D printed please?

[@user-jy5vy3ji4x]

I think u might put the mandibular incisors in the wrong place , mandibular central incisors are more symmetric and smaller than the mandibular lateral incisors

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Thank u so much love uuuu

[@Orthogenome]

Big like.......

[@megancook3103]

You should make one for the deciduous teeth!

[@butteredsheep2876]

It is the same but there are no molars, but the premolars turn into molars

[@angeladaileysmith9347]

Hello. I was wondering where you got these teeth forms.

[@ChristopherStokes-Sheffield]

The ones in the video are our own models (used for many years). We have scanned them and made them freely available for 3D printing, VR etc. See the links in the description.

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yup

[@kaizokumugiwara2724]

Its easier when they have roots. And thanks for the video

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my channel has more detailed description

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If I’ve lost my canine tip, is that important

[@shshsh11]

i wonder how many dental students this video has helped