Names Of Individual teeth

Palmer's Notation

Palmer's notation is a widely used method to designate individual teeth. In Palmer's notation, your mouth is divided into four parts called quadrants, that is the upper left quadrant, the upper right quadrant, the lower left quadrant, and the lower right quadrant as illustrated in the figure above. Then each individual tooth in the quadrant is given a name. For example the two upper and two lower teeth at the center of your mouth are called central's. One then combines the names of the quadrant and the tooth to come up with a Palmer's notation. For example, the central on the upper right side of your mouth is called an upper right central.

The remaining teeth are designated as follows:

Central

The two upper and two lower teeth in the very center of your mouth.

Lateral

The teeth just adjacent to the centrals.

Cuspid

The pointy teeth just behind the laterals. These teeth have one cuspal (or point). Cuspids are also called canines.

First Bicuspid

The teeth just behind the cuspids. These teeth have two cuspals (or points)

Second Bicuspid

The teeth just behind the first bicuspids. These teeth also have two cuspals (or points)

First Molar

The teeth just behind the second bicuspids. These teeth have a level surface with four cuspals.

Second Molar

The teeth just behind the first. These teeth also have a level surface with four cuspals.

Third Molar

The teeth just behind the second molars. These teeth also have a level surface with four cuspals.