The numbering runs from the center of the mouth to the back. In the upper right section of the mouth, for example, tooth number 1 is the incisor (flat, front tooth) just to the right of the center of the mouth. The numbers sit inside an L-shaped symbol used to identify the quadrant. The L is right side up for the teeth in the upper right.
Comments. 1  Background: the First Brigade of the Third Infantry Division, three to four thousand soldiers, has been deployed in the United States as of October 1. Their stated mission is the form of crowd control they practiced in Iraq, subduing unruly individuals, and the management of a national emergency.
Military aircraft at a US airbase on Okinawa island, Japan. Photograph: Hitoshi Maeshiro/EPA The US military has a huge footprint across south-east Asia and the Pacific, particularly in Japan and South Korea. With North Korea threatening a missile strike on the US territory of Guam, here is an overview of US forces in the region. US military presence map Japan. There are more US military personnel serving in Japan than in any other country.