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Digestion of Food

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Learning Objectives

To Understand:
• Role of teeth in digestion of food • Digestive system
• Microbes

To Find Out:
• What are milk teeth? • How the food gets digested?

Let’s Begin

The proper digestion of food is necessary to release energy from it. In the body, there
are various organs involved in the digestion of food. Teeth also play important role
in this process.

Given below are some pictures. Discuss how these actions impact our teeth.

T eeth

Teeth play a crucial role in keeping us fit. Healthy teeth would lead to healthy
eating. Teeth help us in chewing and biting the food. They help us while speaking.

A baby starts developing teeth at the age of six months. These teeth are twenty in
number and are called milk teeth.

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