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  2. Incisor - Wikipedia

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    Children with a full set of deciduous teeth (primary teeth) also have eight incisors, named the same way as in permanent teeth. Young children may have from zero to eight incisors depending on the stage of their tooth eruption and tooth development. Typically, the mandibular central incisors erupt first, followed by the maxillary central ...

  3. Human tooth - Wikipedia

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    Human teeth function to mechanically break down items of food by cutting and crushing them in preparation for swallowing and digesting. As such, they are considered part of the human digestive system. [1] Humans have four types of teeth: incisors, canines, premolars, and molars, which each have a specific function. The incisors cut the food ...

  4. Dental anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Succedaneous would refer to these teeth as a group. Further, the name depends upon which arch the tooth is found in. The term, "maxillary", is given to teeth in the upper jaw and "mandibular" to those in the lower jaw. There are four classes of teeth: incisors, canines, premolars, and molars. Premolars are found only in permanent teeth; there ...

  5. Diastema - Wikipedia

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    Mesiodens: Mesiodens is an extra tooth that grows behind the front teeth. A mesiodens may push the front teeth apart to make room for itself thus creating a gap between the front teeth. [3] 4. Skeletal discrepancy: Dental skeletal discrepancy can be a cause behind gap teeth. If the upper jaw grows more than the lower jaw, teeth on the upper jaw ...

  6. Glossary of dentistry - Wikipedia

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    The red arrow is directly buccal to the right first maxillary molar, and the name label for the patient (Martin) is embedded in the resin directly palatal to the same tooth. Midline Main article: Dental midline. Roughly, an imaginary vertical line dividing the left and right sides of the mouth at the teeth. Occlusal

  7. Maxillary central incisor - Wikipedia

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    Close up front view. Contact with adjacent teeth in the same arch is referred to as interproximal contacts. The maxillary central incisors are one of only two types of teeth which has an interproximal contact with itself. The other type of teeth is the mandibular central incisors.

  8. Anterior teeth - Wikipedia

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    The distinction is one of anterior (front of the body) versus posterior (rear of the body). The distinction holds in both the upper jaw ( maxilla ) and lower jaw ( mandible ). As a rough guide, it can be said that the anterior teeth are tailored to biting (breaking the food into chewable chunks) [ 1 ] whereas the posterior teeth are tailored to ...

  9. Tusk - Wikipedia

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    An African elephant in Tanzania, with visible tusks. Tusks are elongated, continuously growing front teeth that protrude well beyond the mouth of certain mammal species. They are most commonly canine teeth, as with narwhals, chevrotains, musk deer, water deer, muntjac, pigs, peccaries, hippopotamuses and walruses, or, in the case of elephants, elongated incisors.