Point · UMT

Upper molar occlusal edge (UMT)

The occlusal edge of the upper first molar — half of the posterior occlusal contact.

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At Beginner a placement counts as found within 2.8 mm of the reviewed reading.

How to find it

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Common errors

Each figure is the reviewed reading of Upper molar occlusal edge (UMT) and a typical miss, on the same ceph, at the distance the mistake usually goes.

the pointthe miss10.0 mm

Placed on the second molar

In a full adult arch the second molar is the more posterior and often the clearer of the two. Count from the front.

the pointthe miss1.5 mm

Placed at the mid-crown

The buccal and palatal cusps superimpose into a wide blur, and the point settles in the middle of it rather than on the edge.

Used in

5 measurements are built on it. Miss it, and every one of them moves.

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