Causes It is caused by dental infection or tooth abscess, involving molars and premolars, as well as submandibular sialadenitis, injuries to oral mucosa, and mandibular fracture.
Most adults have 32 teeth called permanent or secondary teeth; 8 incisors, 4 canines, also called cuspids, 8 premolars, also called bicuspids, 12 molars, including 4 wisdom teeth whereas children have 20 teeth.
You can feel in your own mouth the sharp tearing teeth of your canines and premolars, while your molars are relatively flat, and can be used for grinding plant material.
The rest of its dentition was made to shear through flesh, too, like specialized premolars that resembled bolt cutters – kinda like the extreme version of the scissor-like carnassial teeth of carnivorans.