Names Of Individual Teeth
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Palmer's Notation
Palmer's notation is a widely used method to designate individual teeth.
In Palmer's notation, your mouth is divided into four parts called
quadrants, that is the upper left quadrant, the upper right quadrant, the
lower left quadrant, and the lower right quadrant as illustrated in the figure
on the right. Then each individual tooth in the quadrant is given a name.
For example the two upper and two lower teeth at the center of your
mouth are called central's. One then combines the names of the quadrant
and the tooth to come up with a Palmer's notation. For example, the
central on the upper right side of your mouth is called an upper right
central.
The remaining teeth are designated as follows:
- Central
- The two upper and two lower teeth in the
very center of your mouth.
- Lateral
- The teeth just adjacent to the centrals.
- Cuspid
- The pointy teeth just behind the laterals. These
teeth have one cuspal (or point). Cuspids are also called canines.
- First Bicuspid
- The teeth just behind the cuspids. These
teeth have two cuspals (or points)
- Second Bicuspid
- The teeth just behind the first bicuspids.
These teeth also have two cuspals (or points)
- First Molar
- The teeth just behind the second bicuspids.
These teeth have a level surface with four cuspals.
- Second Molar
- The teeth just behind the first. These teeth
also have a level surface with four cuspals.
- Third Molar
- The teeth just behind the second molars.
These teeth also have a level surface with four cuspals.
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- Incisor
- Another name for the centrals and laterals
- Canine
- Another name for the cuspids
- 6 year molar
- Another name for your first molar
- 12 year molar
- Another name for your second molar
- Wisdom Tooth
- Another name for the third molar
- Anterior Teeth
- Your centrals, laterals, and cuspids.
These are the teeth in the front of your mouth
- Posterior Teeth
- Your bicuspids and molars. These are
the teeth in the back of your mouth.
- Deciduous Teeth
- Your primary, or "baby teeth"
- Primary teeth
- The first set of teeth which come in.
Primary teeth are also called "baby teeth" or deciduous teeth.
- Secondary Teeth
- Your permanent teeth, i.e. the second
group of teeth to come in.
- Quadrants
- The four parts of your mouth, that is the upper
left, the upper right, the lower left, and the lower right.
- The numerical notation for
teeth is an alternate to Palmer's notation. In this notation, the centrals are
designated as 1's, the laterals as 2's, the cuspids as 3's, the first bicuspids
as 4's, the second bicuspid's as 5's, the first molars as 6's the second molars as 7's and the third molars as 8's
- The universal
numerical notation is an alternative numerical notation for teeth. In this
notation, your upper right third molar is designated as tooth#1, and then
you number each tooth sequentially moving right to left and down across
your mouth.
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