BASICS OF DENTAL ANATOMY

TOPIC: BASICS OF DENTAL ANATOMY 

⭐ KEY POINTS:

📌 TOOTH: Teeth are mineralized structures except for the pulp and are located in the first part of the digestive tract.

A tooth is defined as “one of the hard tissues that are positioned on the jaws and help in holding and mastication of food, also as weapons of offense and defense in lower animals”.

💡DENTITION : 

🔺All of the teeth in the mouth together are referred to as the dentition.