Adults typically develop 32 permanent teeth. The area of the tooth closest to the tongue is referred to as the lingual surface. For the front teeth, the area closest to the lips is called the labial surface. The back teeth also know as the molars and premolars is the area that faces the cheeks and it is called the buccal surface, and the biting or chewing area is called the occlusal surface.
There are all kinds of different types of permanent teeth, each with there own specific function. There is Central Incisors, Lateral Incisors, Canines, Premolars, Molars, and the Wisdom teeth all in witch are placed in a different location in the mouth. Each of these teeth can get a disease called periodontal disease. Central incisors are the front teeth. Adults have four of them, two on the upper and two on the lower arches. These teeth are sharp and shaped like a chisel for cutting food. Lateral incisors are to teeth located next to the Central Incisors on both arches one on either side. One would have four of these also two on top and two on the bottom. Next we have Canines, the canine teeth are the sharp teeth located on …show more content…
The reason of the study was to investigate how serious periodontal disease is and the number of remaining teeth relates to myocardial infraction also know as MI and hypertension which is know as HT. The reports of history show that patients with HT and MI was about 3,352 patients. Them patients was then referred to a Department of Periodontology, in 902 subjects randomly selected from the general population. The severity of this disease was estimated by a combination of the amount of bone loss around each tooth that was show on a full-mouth x-ray, the presence or the absence of bleeding while probing, and also involvement of