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Which type of teeth are used in tearing food? (1 mark)
A. Incisors
B. Canines
C. Molars
D. Premolars

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Solution

The correct answer is option B.
Canines are used for ripping and tearing food such as meat. You have a total of four of them, located next to your four top front teeth and your four bottom front teeth.

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Which one of the following pairs of types of teeth perform one common function as stated against it ?

(a) Incisors, canines - Holding

(b) Canines, premolars - Tearing

(c) Premolars, molars - Grinding

(d) Molars, incisors - Tearing

Q. During a dental check up in school, the dentist asked a group of students to name the teeth from the back of the mouth to the front in the correct order. He got four different answers. Identify the one that shows the correct order.
(a) 3 incisors, 2 canines, 1 molar, 2 premolars.
(b) 2 incisors, 1 canine, 3 premolars, 2 molars.
(c) 2 molars, 3 premolars, 2 canines, 1 incisor.
(d) 3 molars, 2 premolars, 1 canine, 2 incisors.

Q. The pointed teeth in your mouth are

(a) permolars
(b) incisors
(c) molars
(d) canines

Q. What kind of teeth do you think are especially developed in carnivores?

(a) incisors
(b) canines
(c) pre-molars
(d) molars

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1.) Incisors :
2.) Molars :
3.) Canines :
4.) Premolars :

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