Shovel-shaped incisors

Shovel-shaped incisors

Shovel-Shaped incisors: Incisors that have a scooped out lingual surface because of lingual marginal ridges, crown curvature, or a basal tubercle, either alone or in combination. [Wolpoff, Milford, professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.]

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