1. Dental Assisting skills
DHO 17.2
Identifying the Teeth

2. Outline What are the four main types of teeth?
What is primary teeth and name the twenty primary teeth. Discuss.
Identifying the teeth and their names.

3. What are the four main types of teeth
Incisors
Cuspids
Bicuspids
Molars

4. Incisors Location: In the front and center of the mouth.
Shape: broad, sharp edge.
Use: Used to cut or bite food with their thin edges.
Extra info:
Central incisors are in the center.
lateral incisors are on the sides of the centrals.
elizabeth

6. Cuspids Location: At angles of lips. Shape: longest teeth in mouth.
anchored with the longest root, one pointed cusp.
Use: used to tear food and hold food.
Extra info: also called canines, or eyeteeth.
Elizabeth

8. Bicuspids Location: located before the molars, from front to back.
Shape: a bifurcated root, all others have one root, one prominent cusp with one or two lesser lingual cusps.
Use: used to pulverize or grind food. Maxillary first premolars have a bifurcated root. They also can hold food.
Extra info: also called premolars.
roxana

10. Molars Location: Teeth in the back of the mouth.
Shape: largest strongest teeth.
Use: used to chew and grind food.
Extra info: The third molars are the farthest teeth in the mouth
roxana

12. Primary/ Deciduous, teeth
This is the first set of teeth. Also called baby teeth.
Its very important to maintain your primary teeth because if you don't it can and will affect your permanent teeth.
Josh

13. Primary/ Deciduous, teeth
The first primary tooth comes in at about 6 months of age and the 20th and last primary tooth erupts at around 2 1/2 years of age.
There are twenty primary teeth.

14. Twenty Primary teeth Ten maxillary (upper): two central incisors
two lateral incisors
two cuspids
two 1st molars
two 2nd molars

15. Twenty Primary Teeth Two central incisors two lateral incisors
Ten mandibular (lower):
Two central incisors
two lateral incisors
two cuspids
two 1st molars
two 2nd molars

16. Primary teeth
In the primary teeth, the mouth is divided into quadrants or four sections: maxillary right, maxillary left.
Transverse planes separated mouth onto an upper and lower arch of the jaw.
Later each tooth labeled as maxillary or mandibular.
Moonzarin

17. Primary Teeth The upper jawbone in vertebrates are called maxillary
Teeth in the lower jawbone or mandible is called mandibular
REMEMBER: Your left is the patients right; your right is the patients left.
moonzarin

18. Specific names The central incisor in the maxillary right quadrant
Maxillary right central incisor
Maxillary left quadrant
Maxillary left central incisor
central incisor in the mandibular left quadrant
mandibular left central incisor
Central incisor in the mandibular right quadrant
mandibular right central incisor
moonzarin

19. Permanent or succedaneous teeth
The second set of the teeth
There are 32 permanent teeth:
Sixteen Maxillary (upper):
Two central incisors
Two lateral incisors
Two cuspids
Two 1st bicuspids
Two 2nd bicuspids
Two 1st molars
Two 2nd Molars
Two Third molars (wisdom teeth)
moonzarin

20. Permanent or succedaneous teeth

21. Permanent or succedaneous teeth
Sixteen Mandibular (lower):
Two central incisors
Two lateral incisors
Two cuspids
Two 1st bicuspids
Two 2nd bicuspids
Two 1st molars
Two 2nd Molars
Two Third molars (wisdom teeth)
moonzarin

22. Permanent or succedaneous teeth

23. Permanent succedaneous teeth
Each Permanent tooth
has its own specific name.
elizabeth

24. Identifying the Teeth
elizabeth

25. Quiz time!! What are the four main types of teeth?
What is another name for the cupids?
How many permanent teeth do we have?
Name the central incisor in the mandibular left quadrant?
Incisor,cuspids, bicuspids, molars
Canines or Eye teeth 32
Mandibular left central incisor
elizabeth, moonzarin

26. Thank you for watching!!!!
Everyone