TEETH AND THEIR FUNCTIONS

What are teeth?

• Teeth are bony parts that we use to CHEW food.

• Teeth are bony parts that we use to SWALLOW food.

• Teeth are bony parts that we use to TASTE food.

These are NOT human teeth

• Incisors

• Fangs

• Canines

• Molars

What is the incisors' function?

• To grind food (triturar los alimentos)

• To tear food (rasgar los alimentos)

• To cut food (cortar los alimentos)

What is the canines' function?

• To grind food (triturar los alimentos)

• To tear food (rasgar los alimentos)

• To cut food (cortar los alimentos)

What is the premolar and molar's function?

• To grind food (triturar los alimentos)

• To tear food (rasgar los alimentos)

• To cut food (cortar los alimentos)