Landmark · Skeletal system
Cusp of tooth
Cuspis dentis
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Lower first molar tooth
DescriptionUnreviewed
A cusp is an occlusal or incisal eminence on a tooth. Canine teeth, otherwise known as cuspids, each possess a single cusp, while premolars, otherwise known as bicuspids, possess two each. Molars normally possess either four or five cusps.
In certain populations the maxillary molars, especially first molars, will possess a fifth cusp situated on the mesiolingual cusp known as the Cusp of Carabelli.
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Names
- Latin
- Cuspis dentis
- English
- Cusp of tooth
- French
- Cuspide de la dent
- Spanish
- Cúspide del diente
- Portuguese
- Cúspide de dente