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there a 4 types of teeth: incisors- single-rooted teeth with a sharp, thin edge, located at the front of the mouth, they sut food. canines- or cuspids, are located at the corner of the arch, that are designed for cutting & tearing foods, that may requires some force premolars- there are 4 maxillary & 4 mandibular premolars, thy are a cross between canines & molars, or bicuspids, this refers to 2 (bi) cusps & some premolars have 3 cusps, pointed buccal cusps hold the food while the lingual cusps grind it, premolars are not as long as canines, & they have a broader surface for chewing food molars are much larger than premolars, 4 or more cusps, the function of the 12 molars is to chew or grind up food, there are 4 or 5 cusps on the occlusal (biting) surface of each molar, depending on its location, maxillary & mandibular molars differ from each other in their shape, size, number of cusps, & roots.

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