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  2. 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 ...

  3. Posterior teeth - Wikipedia

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    In dentistry, the term posterior teeth usually refers as a group to the premolars and molars, as distinguished from the anterior teeth, which are the incisors and canine teeth. The simplest way of distinguishing between anterior teeth and posterior teeth is that posterior (back) teeth are situated at the back of the mouth. [ 1 ]

  4. Glossary of dentistry - Wikipedia

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    The direction toward the back of an individual's head, as opposed to anterior, which refers to the directions toward an individual's lips. The term posterior teeth refers to premolars and molars, as opposed to incisors and canines, which are anterior teeth. [1] [5] Proximal The surfaces of teeth that normally lie adjacent to another tooth.

  5. Dental anatomy - Wikipedia

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    On anterior teeth, they are located on the mesial and distal borders of the lingual surface; on posterior teeth, they are located on the mesial and distal borders of the occlusal surface. Triangular ridges are those that project from the cusp tips of premolar and molars to the central groove.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Anatomical terms of location - Wikipedia

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    Anterior (from Latin ante 'before') describes what is in front, [22] and posterior (from Latin post 'after') describes what is to the back of something. [23] For example, for a dog the nose is anterior to the eyes and the tail is considered the most posterior part; for many fish the gill openings are posterior to the eyes but anterior to the tail.

  8. Mutually protected occlusion - Wikipedia

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    In dentistry, a mutually protected occlusion is an occlusal scheme in which the anterior teeth protect the posterior teeth, and vice versa.. The anterior teeth protect the posterior teeth by providing for a plane of guidance during excursions, thus allowing the cusps of the posterior teeth to disclude rather than strike one another during lateral or protrusive movements from centric relation.

  9. Occlusion (dentistry) - Wikipedia

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    There should be even and simultaneous contacts of all posterior teeth when the mouth is closed and the condyles are lying in their most superior and anterior position, resting against the posterior slope of the articular eminence (CR) Note that the anterior teeth should also be occluding, but the contact should be lighter than the posterior ...