You probably don\u2019t give your teeth much thought\u2014until it\u2019s time to visit the dentist. But we shouldn\u2019t take our teeth for granted because they play such an important role. Teeth help us speak properly. Teeth help us chew and digest healthy food. Teeth can impact our entire wellbeing.<\/p>\n
If you have questions about your teeth, you can always ask family dentist, Dr. Vishal Advani<\/a>, the next time you visit our Elk Grove Village, IL practice. Meanwhile, read on for the basics on how all our your teeth function together.<\/p>\n Humans are generally born without teeth, with the first primary (or baby) teeth coming in around the age of one. As we go through childhood, the rest of our baby teeth grow in and are then replaced by permanent (or adult) teeth. Most people start losing their baby teeth around the age of five or six. Most of us have either 28 or 32 teeth, depending on whether or not we have had our wisdom teeth (the four large molars at the very back of the mouth that are the last to come in) removed.<\/p>\n There are two parts to a tooth\u2014the part you can\u2019t see, which is the root, and the part you can see, which is the crown. The root is what anchors the teeth to the jawbone.<\/p>\n Together, our teeth help us to chew food and make it easier to digest. But each tooth individually has a slightly different job.<\/p>\n Take good care of your teeth\u2014and they\u2019ll take good care of you. Brush and floss regularly and be sure to visit your Elk Grove Village, IL family dentist Dr. Advani at least twice a year for examinations and cleanings. Call us today<\/a> to make an appointment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Find out the purpose of your teeth in our newest blog post. If you are due for your dental checkup, call our office in Elk Grove Village, IL, to schedule now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elkgrovesmilecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Baby Teeth and Adult Teeth<\/h2>\n
The Parts of a Tooth<\/h2>\n
The Types of Teeth<\/h2>\n
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Don\u2019t Take Your Teeth for Granted<\/h2>\n