Posterior teeth Posterior teeth In dentistry, the term posterior teeth usually refers as a group to the premolars and molars, as distinguished from the anterior teeth, which are the incisors and canine teeth. The distinction is one of anterior (front of the body) versus posterior (rear of the body). The distinction holds in both the upper jaw (maxilla) and lower jaw (mandible). As a rough guide, it can be said that the anterior teeth are tailored to biting (breaking the food into chewable chunks) whereas the posterior teeth are tailored to chewing (comminuting the food into swallowable particles). Anterior teeth are inherently
Perfect Teeth days, but did not produce the album in any form. "Perfect Teeth" was released on August 9, 1993 as a box set of 7" vinyl records. It was later released on compact disc, 12" vinyl and cassette on August 24, 1993. In 2010, "Billboard" stated that the group's albums "never managed to sell big" and that "Perfect Teeth" was their best selling album which sold about 15,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. Following the release of "Perfect Teeth", Unrest embarked on a tour where they opened for Stereolab. "Perfect Teeth" was re-issued by Teen Beat Records in 2012. The reissue