Identification features of different races from teeth

Identification features of different races from teeth

Mongols - Shovel shaped upper central incisor, Absent 3 rd molar, Enamel pearls, taurodontism (bull-tooth)

Caucasoid - Pointed canine roots, Carabellis cusps (fifth cusp seen on 1st Maxillary molar), the lateral incisors in the upper jaw are usually smaller than the central, especially in females.

Negros - large teeth, more cusps on molars, 2 lingual cusps on the mandibular first premolar.