My Teeth

Teeth not only help you eat, but they also help you:

• Taste

• Talk

• Hear

• Think

What is the part of the tooth you can see above the gum?

• Crown

• Pulp

• Cap

• cavity

What hard, tough, and shiny substance covers the crown?

• Wax

• keratin

• diamond

• enamel

What part of the tooth does the dentin protect?

• gum

• root

• pulp

• crown

The pulp contains ______, which send messages to the brain if your ice pop is too cold.

• Blood vessels

• Nerves

• Receptors

• Brain waves

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This type of tooth is pointy, sharp, and made to help tear food:

• Molar

• Premolar

• incisor

• canine

What are the last four teeth an adult usually gets?

• Molars

• Wisdom teeth

• Premolars

• Canine

These teeth are big and strong to help you grind food so it can be swallowed:

• Premolars

• Canine

• Incisors

• Molars

How many teeth does an adult have?

• 20

• 30

• 32

• 25

What is the job of the front teeth?

• tearing food

• cutting food

• grinding food

• Chewing food