What’s on the Teeth poster
A 4-row table: Tooth · Adult count · For.
An adult has 32 teeth; a child has 20.
- Incisors — 8 — Cutting
- Canines — 4 — Tearing
- Premolars — 8 — Crushing
- Molars — 12 (inc. wisdom) — Grinding
Enamel is the hardest substance the body makes — and the only tissue that cannot repair itself once lost.
Questions about the Teeth poster
- What’s on the Teeth poster?
- A 4-row table: Tooth · Adult count · For. An adult has 32 teeth; a child has 20. Incisors — 8 — Cutting; Canines — 4 — Tearing; Premolars — 8 — Crushing; Molars — 12 (inc. wisdom) — Grinding. Enamel is the hardest substance the body makes — and the only tissue that cannot repair itself once lost.
- Who is the Teeth poster for?
- Teeth belongs to the Body & health section rather than to a school year, because health is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning anatomy can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Teeth poster?
- Shape follows function: cutting at the front, crushing at the back. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Teeth belongs on the wall where that health work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Teeth?
- Blood, Blood Types and The Body Systems sit alongside Teeth in the Body & health section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.BloodBlood TypesThe Body Systems
- Is the Teeth poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Teeth downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Body & health section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Teeth poster print at?
- Teeth is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Teeth loses nothing.Printing guide
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