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The teeth are the hardest substances in the human body. Besides being essential for
chewing, the teeth play an important role in speech. Parts of the teeth include:
Enamel: The hardest, white outer part of the tooth. Enamel is mostly made of calcium
phosphate, a rock-hard mineral.
Dentin: A layer underlying the enamel. Dentin is made of living cells, which secrete a hard
mineral substance.
Pulp: The softer, living inner structure of teeth. Blood vessels and nerves run through the
pulp of the teeth.
Cementum: A layer of connective tissue that binds the roots of the teeth firmly to the gums
and jawbone.
Periodontal ligament: Tissue that helps hold the teeth tightly against the jaw.
A normal adult mouth has 32 teeth, which (except for wisdom teeth) have erupted by about
age 13:
Incisors the sharp, chisel-shaped front teeth (four upper, four lower) used for cutting
food.
Canines sometimes called cuspids, these teeth are shaped like points (cusps) and
are used for tearing and grasping food.
Premolars these teeth have two pointed cusps on their biting surface and are
sometimes referred to as bicuspids. The premolars are for crushing and tearing food.
Molars used for grinding and chewing food, these teeth have several cusps on the
biting surface to help in this process.
Incisors (8 total): The middlemost four teeth on the upper and lower jaws.
Canines (4 total): The pointed teeth just outside the incisors.
Premolars (8 total): Teeth between the canines and molars.
Molars (8 total): Flat teeth in the rear of the mouth, best at grinding food.
Wisdom teeth or third molars (4 total): These teeth erupt at around age 18, but are
often surgically removed to prevent displacement of other teeth.
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
The simple present tense is one of several forms of present tense in English. It is used to
describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and fixed arrangements. The simple
present tense is simple to form. Just use the base form of the verb: (I take, you take, we
take, they take) The 3rd person singular takes an -s at the end. (he takes, she takes)
To express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as,
until:
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.
Negative and question forms use DOES (= the third person of the auxiliary 'DO') +
the infinitive of the verb.
He wants ice cream. Does he want strawberry? He does not want vanilla.
Example :