Incisor | |
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Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | dens incisivus |
MeSH | D007180 |
TA98 | A05.1.03.004 |
TA2 | 906 |
FMA | 12823 |
Anatomical terminology |
Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and on the mandible below. Humans have a total of eight (two on each side, top and bottom). Opossums have 18, whereas armadillos have none.[1]