The aim of the study was to define the level of expression of the palate papillae as well as the number of tubercles on the palatinal surface of the permanent maxillari incisors. According to Zubov, the palate papillae were classified into VI stages, and the number of tubercles into V stages. The study was performed on a sample of 600 study models for orthodontic patients from Nish (300 male subjects and 300 female subjects). Regarding the expression of the palate papillae of the central maxillary incisors, our results indicate that stage I is dominating in both genders (74,6 %), as well as stage II 24,7 %). Stage I (71,3 %) and stage O (30%) are dominating in the lateral dominating In the central maxillary incisors (61 % and 23,6 %), therefore stages IV and I are dominating in the lateral maxillariy incisors (68,3 % and 13,5 %). .
