Question 188 · LDEK · Occlusion
Indicate the true description of the curve of Spee:
- A. it is a line connecting the tips of the buccal cusps of lower teeth, from the canine to the last molar.
- B. it is a line connecting the tips of the buccal cusps of all upper teeth.
- C. it is a line connecting the homonymous cusps of the teeth on both sides of the dental arch.
- D. it is a curve with upwards convexity.
- E. it is a curve which physiologically should be flat.
Hint
The curve of Spee is a sagittal curve of the lower arch; think which cusps it joins and which way it bends.
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