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Question 26
Label the below given Figure as directed below in (i) to (iv) and give the name of each type of teeth.

i) The cutting and biting teeth as ‘A’
ii) The piercing and tearing teeth as ‘B’
iii) The grinding and chewing teeth as ‘C’
iv) The grinding teeth present only in adult as ‘D’

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Solution

A. Incisors
B. Canines
C. Premolars
D. Molars

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