Permanent dentition: Short overview

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Permanent dentition: Short overview

The permanent dentition is formed by thirty-two teeth, sixteen upper and sixteen lower; these are called:
1. Central-Incisors
2. Lateral-Incisors
3. Canines
4. 1st premolars and 2nd premolars
5. 1st , 2nd and 3rd molars

These teeth usually complete their eruption with the appearance of the canines at 13 or 14 yeas of age and, later, at 18 years of age and older, the 3rd molars appear.
The permanent dentition of women usually presents a more rounded form of the individual teeth and more harmonic angles whereas, in men, the angles are more marked and the free borders are flatter.