Skull (colored per bone)

Teeth

Dentes

Origin

Embedded in the alveolar processes of the maxilla and mandible

Insertion

Anchored via periodontal ligament within gomphosis joints to alveolar bone

Function

Mastication (cutting, tearing, grinding food) and phonetics / speech articulation

Innervation

Trigeminal nerve: inferior alveolar nerve (mandible) and superior alveolar nerves (maxilla)

Movement & chain

Rigid dental gomphosis articulation; precise intercuspal occlusion during mastication

Palpation

Directly visible and palpable within oral cavity

Clinical

Dental caries; periodontitis (alveolar bone resorption); dental avulsion/fracture; impacted third molars

Segmental innervation

Trigeminal nerve (CN V2 and CN V3)

In clinical practice

Inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia and management of odontogenic deep neck infections

Region in the model

Skull (colored per bone)