Upper first secondary premolar tooth at a glance
- What it is
- The permanent upper first premolar, a two-cusped tooth that usually has two roots.
- Location
- It lies in the upper dental arch, behind the canine; it usually has two roots.
- Function
- It crushes and grinds food.
- Body system
- Digestive · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA55690 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Key facts
- Typical eruption age: about 10 to 11 years.
- FDI notation: 14 (right) and 24 (left).
- It has two cusps, buccal and palatal, and usually two roots.
- Its nerve supply is from the middle superior alveolar nerve when present, otherwise the anterior and posterior superior alveolar nerves.
Clinical relevance
Dental caries and periodontal disease are the main causes of tooth loss.
Structures next to the upper first secondary premolar tooth
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Upper second secondary premolar tooth · digestive
- Upper secondary canine tooth · digestive
- Upper lateral secondary incisor tooth · digestive
- Upper first secondary molar tooth · digestive
- Upper central secondary incisor tooth · digestive
- Gingiva of upper jaw · digestive
- Upper second secondary molar tooth · digestive
- Sublingual gland · digestive
- Lower first secondary premolar tooth · digestive
- Lower first secondary molar tooth · digestive
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Upper first secondary premolar tooth (FMA55690). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §23.1 Overview of the Digestive System. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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