Name of the teeth: will you know how to recognize them?

Discover the names of teeth

1. 3rd molar - wisdom tooth
2. 2nd molar
3. 1st molar
4. 2nd premolar
5. 1st premolar
6. Canine
7. Lateral Incisor
8. Central incisor
9. Central incisor
10. Lateral Incisor
11. Canine
12. 1st premolar
13. 2nd premolar
14. 1st molar
15. 2nd molar
16. 3rd molar - wisdom tooth

17. 3rd molar - wisdom tooth
18. 2nd molar
19. 1st molar
20. 2nd premolar
21. 1st premolar
22. Canine
23. Lateral Incisor
24. Central incisor
25. Central incisor
26. Lateral Incisor
27. Canine
28. 1st premolar
29. 2nd premolar
30. 1st molar
31. 2nd molar
32. 3rd molar - wisdom tooth

How many teeth do we have?

The dentition of an adult therefore has in principle 32 teeth: 12 molars (including 4 wisdom teeth), 8 incisors, 4 canines and 8 premolars.

But if the wisdom teeth grow generally from 18 years, many adults are extracted these teeth that do not always have enough room in the mouth, or that move the rest of the teeth by pushing ... L Extraction may involve one, several, or all of the wisdom teeth and may be performed in several times.

The teething of a child consists only of 20 teeth, called "deciduous teeth", teeth that are not definitive. The first baby teeth begin to grow between 6 and 8 months, and the first teeth that fall usually arrive around 6 years old.

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