Question

A child was asked to count his teeth. The number was twenty.
(a) Name the kind of teeth that are present.
(b) How many teeth are there in an adult human being?
(c) What kind of teeth are missing in a child though they are found in an adult?

Answer 1

(a) The child has three types of teeth, i.e. incisors, canines and pre-molars.
(b) An adult human being has 32 teeth.
(c) Molars are present in an adult but not in a child.