Open Wide: Tooth School Inside

What is a canine tooth?

• Human teeth that tear food

• Teeth that only dogs have

• Teeth only seen on Vampires

Answer explanation

Yes, canine teeth tear food. Most helpful for crusty bread or tough meat.

What is the crown of a tooth?

• Regal Jewelry

• Part of tooth under the gums

• Top of tooth that shows above gums

• White part of the teeth

Answer explanation

Above the gumline is the hard crown of the tooth.

What do sticky food and germs do to teeth?

• Have a party with them

• Make the tooth crown bigger

• Nothing

• Cause tooth decay

What is just below the enamel of the tooth that makes the biggest part of the tooth?

• Root

• Dentin

• Nerve

• Enamel

What is the protective layer over the teeth?

• Enamel

• Under crown

• Germs

• Sticky goo

What is the job of the front teeth (incisers)?

• Cut food

• Grind food

• Move food

• Tear food

What do molars do?

• Make moles

• Grind food

• Move food around

• Cut the food.

What is the job of the Premolars?

• Grind teeth

• Crush Food

• Cut food

• Tear food

Answer explanation

The premolars are set just before the molars, so they crush the food to prepare for the grinding that the molars will do.

What is the Pulp of the Tooth?

• Top of the tooth

• Hardest part of the tooth

• Softest part of the tooth

What is the root of the tooth?

• Hardest part of the tooth

• Top of the tooth

• Where the tooth grows from

• Holds the tooth in place on the jaw.