You can set the following preferences in the  category of the  window.
         
          
              
            
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                     Maya draws components (vertices or faces) by default as points to indicate finer levels of the base mesh. You can switch back
                        to the previous behavior (drawing components as numbers).
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                                 Draw components as points.
                                  
 
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                                 Draw components as numbers.