Teeth
When are your wisdom teeth most likely to erupt?
The wisdom teeth are the last teeth to erupt. People usually get their wisdom teeth as they become become an adult.
What is is another word for cavity? (2)
a. dentin
b. tooth decay
c. a hole
A cavity is a hole in your tooth or tooth decay.
What is the hardest substance in your body called?
Enamel is the hardest substance in your body.
What is your parent's cell phone number?
Everybody gets a chance to earn points for their team.
Why did the student eat his homework?
Because the teacher said it was a piece of cake!
What is the hard protective coating of your teeth called?
a. pulp
b. enamel
c. dentin
Enamel is the hardest substance in your body. It coats and protects the teeth.
Mouths are filled with tiny organisms called ___ that feed on bits of food that are leaft behind when you eat.
Bacteria
What do we call the part of the tooth we can see?
The part of the tooth that is above the gum line is called the crown.
You fall off your bike and can't ride back home. Who do you call?
Your mom or dad on their cell phone.
You throw a blue rock into the Red Sea. What happens to the rock?
It gets wet!
Where are your molars?
In the back of your mouth.
Plaque creates acid that harms the enamel. This is how ____ or tooth decay begins.
Cavities
What are the teeth in the back of your mouth called?
Molars
You are home alone and a stranger knocks on the door. Should you open the door?
No. Never open the door to stranger.
Why do mushrooms get invited to all the parties?
Because they are such fungis!
(Fun Guys)
Where are your incisors?
They are your 4 front teeth.
Why does the dentist take xrays of your teeth?
So he or she can find cavities before they become a problem.
Why do carnivores have sharp pointy teeth.
So they can tear the meat off the bones of the animals they eat.
An intruder is trying to get in. Who do you call?
911
What is Beethoven doing these days?
Decomposing!
To see inside your teeth, dentists take an ___
Xrays are pictures of the inside of teeth
Bodies can heal broken bones and cuts but teeth can't heal cavities. Why not?
Cavities occur when the enamel and dentin decay. Enamel and dentin are not alive so they can't heal.
Who has more teeth? A human or a giraffe?
They both have 32 teeth!
What is the correct way to wear a mask?
The mask should cover your nose and mouth.
What must be broken before it can be used?
An egg!