Anatom3DUpper second secondary premolar tooth
Dens premolaris secundus superior · Horní druhý stálý třenový zub
Skeleton
Looks like
The permanent tooth fifth from the middle in the upper jaw, in front of the first molar, usually with one root.
What it does
Crushes food between canine and molars.
Keeping it well
Its root may reach the sinus floor, so extraction can rarely open a hole into the sinus.
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