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Secondary Teeth
Permanent or adult teeth are also called secondary teeth, as opposed to primary or milk teeth.
Primary Teeth
The baby or milk teeth are also termed ‘primary teeth’.
Canine teeth
Canine teeth are also called cuspids or fangs if referring to the upper jaw teeth. They are usually stronger and longer than other teeth but not always, so they may be confused with incisors. Canine teeth are situated on either side of incisors (see illustration below). There are four canines; two maxillary (upper) canines and two mandibular (lower) […]
Incisor canines
The central and lateral teeth are also termed incisor canines. See central incisors.
Posterior
‘Posterior’ refers to the teeth at the back of your mouth (bi-cuspids and molars). As opposed to the anterior teeth.
Anterior
‘Anterior’ refers to the teeth at the front of your mouth (centrals, laterals, cuspids). As opposed to the posterior teeth.
Molars or bi-cuspids
Molars are the teeth at the back of the mouth adjacent to the bi-cuspids. The typical mouth has eight or twelve molars, depending if the third molars (wisdom teeth) have erupted. Molars are labelled upper right first molar, upper left first molar, LR first molar, UL first molar, UR second molar etc. Molars have four […]
Bi-Cuspid
Bi-Cuspids are the teeth adjacent to the cuspids. The typical mouth has eight bi-cuspids, upper left first bi-cuspid, upper right first bi-cuspid, lower left first bi-cuspid, lower right first bi-cuspid, upper left second bi-cuspid etc. Bi-cuspids have two cuspals, as opposed to cuspids, which only have one and molars, which have four.
Canine Teeth
Cuspals are the pointed parts at the tips of certain teeth. Cuspids have one cuspal, bi-cuspids have two cuspals and molars have four cuspals. Cuspals or cuspids are also known as canine teeth. There are single cusps on premolars and two or bi-cuspids on molars in the back of the mouth.