Alligator Tooth Diagram

The large fourth tooth in the lower jaw of an alligator fits into a socket in the upper jaw and is not visible when the mouth is closed.

Alligator tooth diagram. However in crocodiles the upper jaw and lower jaw are approximately the same width and so teeth in the lower jaw fit along the margin of the upper jaw when the mouth is closed. There are different ways that dentists number teeth but the universal method shown below is generally accepted as the standard numbering methodmany orthodontists use the palmer system which is diagrammed a bit later. Teeth numbers 17 32 are in the lower jaw. The muscles that close the jaws are exceptionally powerful but the muscles for opening their jaws are comparatively weak.

Most of the muscle in an alligators jaw evolved to bite and grip prey. As a result an adult human can hold an alligators jaws shut bare handed. As an example teeth numbers 1 16 17 and 32 are your wisdom teeth. The teeth on the lower jaw of an alligator fit into sockets in the upper jaw so only the upper teeth are visible when the mouth is closed.

There are four classes of teeth namely. 1 above the ada teeth numbering system treats the 32 permanent teeth in a clockwise fashion as seen by your dentist. Incisors canines premolars and wisdom teeth. As they wear down they are replaced.

As shown in fig. An alligator with an immobilized tail cannot perform a death roll. Alligators have between 70 and 80 teeth. An alligator can go through 3000 teeth in a lifetime.

Each time they lose a tooth they grow another. Webmds teeth anatomy page provides a detailed diagram and definition of the teeth inlcuding types names and parts of the teeth. An alligators jaw snaps shut with a force of about 2000 pounds per square inch and cannot be pried open once shut. Teeth numbers 14 and 15 are your upper left molars.

This does not happen in crocodiles. Maxillary is the name given to the teeth in the upper jaw and mandibular to those in the lower jaw. Alligators have between 74 and 80 teeth in their mouth at a time. They can have between 2000 and 3000 teeth in a lifetime.

The following two tooth number diagrams show the. Teeth names are also given depending on the arch a tooth is found in. The teeth on the lower jaw of a crocodile fit into grooves on the outside of the top jaw making both the upper and lower teeth visible when the mouth is closed. Diagram of crocodilian heart and.

The large fourth tooth on each side of the alligators lower jaw fits into a socket in the upper jaw.