Parts Of A Tooth And Your Mouth
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- Alvelous
- A opening in your jaw-bone in which a tooth
is attached.
- Apex
- The very bottom of the root of your tooth
- Buccal
- The tooth surface which is next to your cheeks.
Usually only posterior teeth touch your cheeks, so people usually use the
term "buccal" only when talking about your back teeth.
- Cementum
- A bony substance covering the root of a
tooth.
- Crown
- The part of your tooth above your gum.
- Cuspal
- The chewing or tearing points of the cuspids,
bicuspids, and molars.
- Dentin
- The calcium part of a tooth below the enamel
containing the pulp chamber and root canals.
- Enamel
- A hard ceramic which covers the exposed part
of your teeth.
- Frenum
- Small pieces of pink colored skin that attach
your lips, cheeks and tongue to your mouth. Examples include the piece
of skin under your tounge which sticks out when you pick up your tongue,
and the piece of skin which sticks out when you pull out your lips.
- Gingivae
- Another name for your gums
- Gums
- The pink areas around your teeth
- Pulp
- The soft inner structure of a tooth, consisting of
nerve and blood vessels
- Pulp Chamber
- The very inner part of your tooth
containing nerve cells and blood vessels.
- Pulp canal
- Another name for the pulp chamber
- Root
- The part of your tooth in your gums
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