Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Teeth
- Identify the types of human teeth
(incisors,canines, premolars and molars)
- Incisors: the teeth at the
front help you bite off and
chew pieces of food.
- Canines: The pointy ones
beside the incisors used for
tearing and ripping food.
- Premolars: between
the molars and the
canines they have
only two roots.help
you crush and grind
food
- Molars: beside the
premolars and they have 3
roots,help you crush and
grind food
- Describe the structure of human teeth,
limited to enamel, dentine, pulp, nerves
and cement, as well as the gums
- Enamel: Upper part of
the teeth which protects
the rest of the teeth.
- Dentine: The hardest bone
in the body beneath the
enamel, very hard to break
down.
- Pulp: it is where the nerves are
and it is protected by the
dentine.
- Cement: It is sticky
substance that sticks
the dentine to the root
and act like a gum
between those 2
- Describe the proper care of teeth in
terms of diet and regular brushing
- Regular brushing: Help stop the bacteria
from growing.The toothpaste is always
slightly alkaline so that all the bacteria will
neutralize
- Diet: Have more intake of calcium will help the restoration of the
damage done by the bacteria while having more sugar will increase
the bactaria and will damage the enamel more
- State the causes of dental decay in terms of a coating of bacteria and
food on teeth, the bacteria respiring sugars in the food, producing
acid which dissolves the enamel and dentine
- Food on teeth: The food left
on teeth will cause more
bacteria to increase causing
tooth decay
- Sugar producing the acid: The acid
formed will corrode the enamel and
the dentine and cause tooth decay