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How Your Teeth Work

From How the Body Works

How Your Teeth Work
4 min2nd3rd4th5th6thScienceHealth
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Summary

Chloe and Nurb show the different kinds of teeth in your mouth and the job each one does to bite, tear, and grind your food — plus why keeping your teeth clean helps them stay strong for a lifetime.

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All ages

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Teaching resources

Discussion questions

Discussion

Watch, then talk it over.

  1. What are the different kinds of teeth, and what shape is each one?
  2. Which teeth bite and which teeth grind your food?
  3. Why are your teeth the first step in digestion?
  4. What habits help keep your teeth healthy?

Quick work-a-long

Words to know: teeth, incisors, molars, enamel, chew

Try it: Feel your front teeth and your back teeth with your tongue. Write down how they feel different and what job each shape does.