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.
United States military deployments. The military of the United States is deployed in more than 150 countries around the world, with over 300,000 of its active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territories. US personnel are seeing active combat in Afghanistan.
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.