Tooth Care
These teeth make up the front four teeth on both the top and the bottom of your mouth *hint- think of scissors, they help cut up your food*.
What are incisors?
What is the root?
The muscular organ that is responsible for talking, tasting, and swallowing in your mouth.
What is your tongue?
Butterflies have taste buds on this unique part of their body.
What is in their mouths and on their feet?
This specific food should be avoided to protect your teeth from decay.
What is sugary foods?
Your sharpest teeth! There are two on the bottom and two on the top *hint- aka: fang*.
What are canines?
The top part of your tooth.
What is the crown?
T or F: You will have more tastebuds when you are a grandpa or grandma then you do right now.
What is false?
This is the color of a giraffe's tongue.
What is blue/purple?
These teeth are flat and develop later in life. You do not have baby teeth of these specific kind, and there are 8 total.
What are molars?
This is the soft inside of the tooth that is home to nerves and blood vessels (also sometimes a word in a classic breakfast drink).
What is pulp?
Name two of the five tastes your tastebuds can detect.
What is salty, sweet, sour, bitter, or umami?
This tooth is in between our molars and canines, and acts as a handyman that has characteristics or both carnivore and herbivore teeth.
What are pre-molars?
The name of the super-glue substance that holds your tooth root into the gum.
What is cementum?
The name of the two grape sized organs in the back of your throat that are in charge of filtering germs out of the air we breathe (*hint- you can have these removed).
What is your tonsils?
This is how long you should brush your teeth each time you do it.
What is two minutes?
These teeth are in the very back of your mouth and may need to be removed because of a lack of space. (they do not make you smarter even though the name suggests that!).
What are wisdom teeth?
This is the hardest substance in your body and makes up the crown of your tooth.
What is the enamel?
The name of the punching bag looking thing in the back of your throat. It's job is to block your nasal cavity when you swallow.
What is the Uvula?
T or F: An single elephant molar tooth can weigh up to ten pounds.
What is true?