Each type of tooth has a slightly different shape and performs a different job. Types of teeth include:. Incisors Incisors are the eight teeth in the front of your mouth four on top and four on bottom. These are the teeth that you use to take bites of your food. Incisors are usually the first teeth to erupt — at around 6 months for your baby teeth, and between ages 6 and 8 for your adult set.
Canines Your four canines fangs are the next type of teeth to develop. These are your sharpest teeth and are used for ripping and tearing food apart. Primary canines generally appear between 16 and 20 months, with the upper canines coming in just ahead of the lower canines. In permanent teeth, the order is reversed, with lower canines erupting around age 9 and the uppers arriving between ages 11 and Premolars Premolars, or bicuspids, are used for chewing and grinding food.
Adults have four premolars on each side of their mouths — two on the upper and two on the lower jaw. There are no primary premolars; the first premolars appear around age 10, with the second premolars arriving about a year later.
These take the places of the first and second primary molars described below. Molars Molars are also used for chewing and grinding food. I also highly recommend Jen Lynch the Hygenist. Malcolm read more. Maxine Green 01 Aug I was a VERY nervous patient and attended on recommendation this practice a few years ago.
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People start losing their baby teeth and getting their adult set as early as 5 years old. Adults have 32 teeth. You should have this full set of adult teeth by your late teens. Not everyone can comfortably fit all 32 adult teeth in their mouth. Science shows that human jaws began shrinking around the time humans transitioned from hunter-gather societies to sedentary farmers. You get two full sets of teeth over your lifetime. As a baby, you have 20 teeth, and as an adult you should have 32 teeth.
Among the 32 teeth, each has its own function in the chewing and eating process. Take good care of your teeth and keep your gums healthy in order to avoid cavities and other overall health issues. Once essential for an early human diet of roots, leaves, meat, and nuts, wisdom teeth…. These are the slightly pointed teeth situated on each side of the incisors. Because they resemble the fangs of a dog canine they acquired that name. These are located between the canines and the molars in the back of the mouth.
Premolars have two pointed cusps on their biting surface. Which is why they are sometimes referred to as bicuspids. The premolars are considered transitional teeth, guiding food from the canines to the molars in back for chewing. Molars, in the back of the mouth, are used for grinding our food. The typical adult has twelve molars, 4 of which are your wisdom teeth. Each side of the upper and lower jaw has three molars. These are our largest teeth and designed to sustain the force used for chewing, grinding and clenching.
At the ages of 18 to 25 the final 4 molars will begin to erupt in the furthest 4 corners of your mouth, which are your wisdom teeth. Most will start to experience pain and discomfort as they start to push through the gumline.
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