Teeth and Salivary Glands

Question 1

Maxillary third molar

Answer 1

• Three cusps and one root
• Tooth number 1 or 16
• Important for grinding and crushing

Question 2

Maxillary second molar

Answer 2

Description:
• Four or five cusps and two roots
• Tooth number 2 or 15 
• Important for grinding and crushing
• 12-year molar (usually erupts during 12th year of life)

Question 3

Maxillary first molar

Answer 3

• Largest molar
• Four or five cusps and three roots 
• Tooth number 3 or 14
Function:
• Important for grinding and crushing
• 6-year molar (typically erupts during 6th year of life)

Question 4

Maxillary second premolar

Answer 4

• Two cusps and one root
• Tooth number 4 or 13
• Important for grinding and crushing
• Bicuspid tooth

Question 5

Maxillary first premolar

Answer 5

• Two cusps and two roots
• Tooth number 5 or 12
• Important for grinding and crushing
• Bicuspid tooth

Question 6

Maxillary canine

Answer 6

• Anterior tooth
• One cusp and one root
• Adjacent to lateral incisor
• Canine teeth are longest teeth
• Tooth number 6 or 11
• Important in grasping and holding food
• Eye, or cuspid, tooth

Question 7

Maxillary lateral incisor

Answer 7

• Anterior tooth with sharp edge
• One root
• Tooth number 7 or 10
• Important for biting and cutting

Question 8

Maxillary central incisor

Answer 8

• Anterior tooth with sharp edge
• One root
• Tooth number 8 or 9
• Important for biting and cutting

Question 9

Mandibular third molar

Answer 9

• Four cusps and two roots
• Tooth number 17 or 32
• Often impacted against second molar
• Important for grinding and crushing
• Wisdom tooth

Question 10

Mandibular second molar

Answer 10

• Four cusps and two roots
• Tooth number 18 or 31
• Important for grinding and crushing
• 12-year molar (usually erupts during 12th year of life)

Question 11

Mandibular first molar

Answer 11

• Largest molar
• Five cusps and two roots
• Tooth number 19 or 30
• Important for grinding and crushing
• 6-year molar (typically erupts during 6th year of life)

Question 12

Mandibular second premolar

Answer 12

• Two cusps and two roots
• Tooth number 20 or 29
• Important for grinding and crushing
• Bicuspid tooth

Question 13

Mandibular first premolar

Answer 13

• Two cusps and two roots
• Tooth number 21 or 28
• Important for grinding and crushing
• Bicuspid tooth

Question 14

Mandibular canine

Answer 14

• Anterior tooth
• One cusp and one root
• Adjacent to lateral incisor
• Canine teeth are longest teeth
• Tooth number 22 or 27
• Important in grasping and holding food
• Eye, or cuspid, tooth

Question 15

Mandibular lateral incisor

Answer 15

• Anterior tooth with sharp edge
• One root
• Tooth number 23 or 26
• Important for biting and cutting

Question 16

Mandibular central incisor

Answer 16

• Anterior tooth with sharp edge for biting and cutting
• One root
• Tooth number 24 or 25