4 - Ortho

Located behind your canines, premolars have a flat top and help you chew food and maintain the height of your face. Adults have 8 total – 4 on the top and the bottom.

• Molars

• Incisors

• Premolars

• Canines

Eight thin straight teeth at the front of the mouth. Supports your lips, biting into food and pronouncing words.

• Molars

• Incisors

• Premolars

• Canines

Also used to chew food and support the height of your face, they are the flattest and widest teeth your mouth. With 12 total, you have 6 on the top and 6 on the bottom.​

• Molars

• Incisors

• Premolars

• Canines

Four in total, on each side of your incisors on the top and bottom of your mouth.

• Molars

• Incisors

• Premolars

• Canines

This is the tooth surface that faces the outside of your mouth. It is the tooth surface that is closest or next to your cheek.

• Buccal

• Oral/Lingual

• Mesial

• Labial

• Distal

The side of a tooth that is adjacent to (or the direction toward) the inside of the lip.

• Buccal

• Oral/Lingual

• Mesial

• Labial

• Distal

This is the surface of a tooth that is closest or next to your tongue.

• Buccal

• Oral/Lingual

• Mesial

• Labial

• Distal

Indicates the surface of a tooth facing toward the mid-line (middle of the arch). 

• Buccal

• Oral/Lingual

• Mesial

• Labial

• Distal

The tooth surface that is away from the midline of the face. It's also known as the backside of the face. 

• Buccal

• Oral/Lingual

• Mesial

• Labial

• Distal

Maxilla aka Maxillary

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