Skeletal system
Upper first premolar
Dens premolaris primus superioris
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Posterior teeth
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The premolars, also called premolar teeth, or bicuspids, are transitional teeth located between the canine and molar teeth.
In humans, there are two premolars per quadrant in the permanent set of teeth, making eight premolars total in the mouth.
They have at least two cusps.
Premolars can be considered transitional teeth during chewing, or mastication.
They have properties of both the canines, that lay anterior and molars that lay posterior, and so food can be transferred from the canines to the premolars and finally to the molars for grinding, instead of directly from the canines to the molars.
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Names
- Latin
- Dens premolaris primus superioris
- English
- Upper first premolar
- French
- Première prémolaire supérieure
- Spanish
- Diente primer premolar superior
- Portuguese
- Primeiro pré-molar superior