You may have noticed that your teeth don't look the same. But did you know why? And How many teeth do we have? There are a total of 32 teeth that can be found in an adult. Mainly four major types of teeth are found in an adult. Each serves a specific purpose, helping us to chew and giving us beautiful smiles. We need many types of teeth because we are omnivores. This means that we can eat both meat and plants. All of our favorite foods require teeth that are able to handle them.

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The Different Types of Teeth

Incisors

The incisors are located right in the front of your mouth. They are the top and bottom four teeth. The middle one is a central incisor, and the side ones are lateral. The incisors were designed for cutting. Our incisors are designed to slice an apple. However, they don't actually have the teeth we chew with.

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