Anatom3DLower lateral secondary incisor tooth
Dens incisivus lateralis inferior · Dolní stálý postranní řezák
Skeleton
Looks like
The chisel-edged front tooth second from the midline in the lower jaw, slightly wider than the central one.
What it does
Cuts food together with the upper incisors.
Keeping it well
Crowding of the lower front teeth is common and tends to increase with age; it is mostly cosmetic.
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Bad breath (halitosis)
- Burning mouth syndrome
- Dental abscess
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Hand, foot and mouth disease
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Impacted wisdom teeth
- Lichen planus
- Mouth ulcers (aphthous stomatitis)
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Pemphigus vulgaris
- Sarcoma
- Stevens–Johnson syndrome / toxic epidermal necrolysis
- Teeth grinding (bruxism)
- Tooth decay & gum disease
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency