How many teeth in man grows twice in life?
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32
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28
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20
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12
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Explanation
Majority of mammals including human being forms two sets of teeth during their life, a set of temporary, milk or deciduous teeth replaced by a set of permanent or adult teeth. This type of dentition is called diphyodont. An adult human has 32 permanent teeth, which are of four different types, namely, incisors (I), canine (C), premolars (PM) and molars(M). Arrangement of teeth in each half of the upper and lower jaw in the order I, C, PM, M is represented by a dental formula which in human is 2123/ 2123. The premolars and last molars are absent in children. Thus the teeth which grow twice are incisors, canines and two molars i.e., a total of 20 teeth.