Adults and Kids Dental Care - services include: whitening, x-rays, zoom, bleaching, invisalign, implant, serving adults and children in the monmouth county area

Adults & Kids Dental Care

40 Village Court
Hazlet, NJ 07730
732-264-8001

Patient Education

Adult Teeth
An adult has 32 permanent teeth. The incisors and canine teeth tear and cut food, and premolars and molars are used to grind and crush. The four back teeth are called the wisdom teeth (or third molars).

Internal Structure of Teeth
The three main parts of a tooth are the crown, neck and root. The crown (the part of the tooth you see - above the gums) is covered by a protective, bony layer of enamel, and the root of the tooth is covered by a sensitive, bonelike substance called cementum. A hard substance known as dentin surrounds the pulp, which contains nerves (sensing heat, cold, pain, and pressure) and blood vessels (nourishing the tooth). The gums (or gingiva) fit around the teeth, and the roots of the teeth fit into sockets in the jawbone. Lining the sockets is a tissue called periodontium.