Adult teeth | |
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Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | dentes permanentes |
TA98 | A05.1.03.077 |
TA2 | 913 |
FMA | 75152 |
Anatomical terminology |
Permanent teeth or adult teeth are the second set of teeth formed in diphyodont mammals. In humans and old world simians, there are thirty-two permanent teeth, consisting of six maxillary and six mandibular molars, four maxillary and four mandibular premolars, two maxillary and two mandibular canines, four maxillary and four mandibular incisors.[1]