Anatom3DUpper first secondary premolar tooth
Dens premolaris primus superior · Horní první stálý třenový zub
Skeleton
Looks like
The permanent tooth just behind the upper canine, fourth from the middle, often with two roots.
What it does
Holds and tears food between the canine and the molars.
Keeping it well
Commonly extracted for orthodontic space. Cracks in its cusps from heavy biting can cause pain on chewing.
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