front tooth

Visible when grinning

A front tooth is one of the teeth at the front of the mouth—the incisors and canines visible when you smile or speak.

Front teeth handle biting and tearing rather than grinding: She chipped her front tooth on a cherry pit.

Children losing front teeth is a rite of passage, commemorated in countless gap-toothed school photos.

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Opposites
position in mouth

front toothback tooth

Posterior grinding surface

molar · wisdom tooth · third molar · second molar · first molar

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G