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• Chewing food
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Teeth are a part of the digestive system. They are used for chewing food.
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• Pronunciation and articulation
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Pronunciation is basically controlled by the vocal cord, but it needs to work together
with the teeth to pronounce different sounds accurately.
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• Keep pleasant appearance
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Teeth can keep our facial profile. Without teeth, our face will look collapsed.
If teeth are kept healthy, our appearance will even be better.
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• Reserve space for permanent teeth to erupt
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Underneath each deciduous tooth, there is one developing permanent tooth. Deciduous
teeth reserve space for permanent teeth to erupt. When permanent teeth erupt, deciduous
teeth will naturally fall off and be replaced by permanent teeth.
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Underneath each deciduous tooth, there is one developing permanent tooth. Deciduous
teeth reserve space for permanent teeth to erupt. When permanent teeth erupt, deciduous
teeth will naturally fall off and be replaced by permanent teeth.
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Premature loss of a deciduous tooth leading to poor alignment of teeth due to space
loss
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