Topics in Tooth Morphology

Upper 7 (Second Molar)

From the DentTest dentistry textbook. Last updated 6 August 2026.

Key features:

Aspect

Area

Features

Buccal

Cusps

  • Four cusps; 2 buccal, 2 palatal

Roots

  • Three roots; 2 buccal, 1 palatal

Palatal

Cusps

  • Mesiopalatal cusp larger than distopalatal cusp

Occlusal

Crown

  • Rhomboid shaped

  • Oblique ridge from mesiopalatal to distobuccal

Fissure

  • H shaped