diff --git a/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.prompt.ts b/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.prompt.ts
index cb15942..ee05893 100644
--- a/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.prompt.ts
+++ b/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.prompt.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ export function buildExtractionPrompt(
     '   "spoken", so the clinician can see what was heard.',
     '5. If you are unsure about a value, use null. A missing field is recoverable; a wrong',
     '   one is not.',
+    '6. A whole jaw is not a tooth. Never put a jaw in the "teeth" list. A jaw appears only',
+    '   as a prosthesis[].targets entry with "arch" set and "position" null.',
     '',
     'TOOTH NUMBERS',
     'A number the clinician says for a tooth IS that tooth\'s FDI code. Put it in "fdi" as',
diff --git a/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.resolver.spec.ts b/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.resolver.spec.ts
index 55dc36d..2900a8e 100644
--- a/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.resolver.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.resolver.spec.ts
@@ -601,6 +601,84 @@ describe('resolveVoiceIntent', () => {
     expect(result.treatmentType).toBe('restoration');
   });
 
+  it('does not treat a spoken jaw as a broken tooth', () => {
+    // "یه کامپلیت دنچر برای فک بالا" — the model names the jaw in `teeth` as well as in the
+    // assignment target. The arch reached the form correctly, but the duplicate reported
+    // `position_out_of_range`, so the sheet asked which tooth was meant. No tooth was said.
+    const result = resolveVoiceIntent(
+      {
+        ...base,
+        treatmentType: null,
+        teeth: [positional({ arch: 'upper', spoken: 'فک بالا' })],
+        prosthesis: [
+          {
+            targets: [positional({ arch: 'upper', spoken: 'فک بالا' })],
+            types: ['complete_denture'],
+            spoken: 'یه کامپلیت دنچر برای فک بالا',
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      CTX,
+    );
+    expect(result.teeth).toEqual([]);
+    expect(result.unresolved).toEqual([]);
+    expect(result.prosthesisAssignments[0].targets).toEqual([ARCH_TOOTH_UPPER]);
+    expect(result.treatmentType).toBe('prosthesis');
+  });
+
+  it('drops a both-jaws reference from the teeth list too', () => {
+    const result = resolveVoiceIntent(
+      {
+        ...base,
+        teeth: [positional({ arch: 'both', spoken: 'هر دو فک' })],
+      },
+      CTX,
+    );
+    expect(result.teeth).toEqual([]);
+    expect(result.unresolved).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('still reports a tooth whose position is out of range', () => {
+    // The jaw filter must not swallow a real fault: a position was given, and it is wrong.
+    const result = resolveVoiceIntent(
+      {
+        ...base,
+        teeth: [
+          positional({
+            arch: 'upper',
+            side: 'patient_right',
+            position: 9,
+            spoken: 'دندون نه',
+          }),
+        ],
+      },
+      CTX,
+    );
+    expect(result.teeth).toEqual([]);
+    expect(result.unresolved).toContainEqual({
+      spoken: 'دندون نه',
+      reason: 'position_out_of_range',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('still offers candidates for a tooth described without its quadrant', () => {
+    // arch + position, no side: a real tooth, under-specified. Must survive the filter.
+    const result = resolveVoiceIntent(
+      {
+        ...base,
+        teeth: [positional({ arch: 'upper', position: 2, spoken: 'دو بالا' })],
+      },
+      CTX,
+    );
+    expect(result.unresolved).toContainEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        spoken: 'دو بالا',
+        reason: 'tooth_missing_quadrant',
+        candidates: ['12', '22'],
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('resolves a due date through the same context', () => {
     const result = resolveVoiceIntent(
       { ...base, due: { kind: 'weekday', weekday: 'thursday', which: 'this' } },
diff --git a/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.resolver.ts b/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.resolver.ts
index dce2bd6..3be229b 100644
--- a/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.resolver.ts
+++ b/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.resolver.ts
@@ -481,6 +481,25 @@ export function resolveProsthesisAssignment(
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * A whole jaw is not a tooth, and the model often names one in `teeth` as well as in the
+ * prosthesis target it belongs to. An arch with no position then reaches `unresolvedReason`,
+ * which reports `position_out_of_range` — a range fault for a value that was never a number —
+ * and the sheet asks the clinician to repair a tooth nobody said. The jaw already reaches the
+ * form through its assignment, so drop the duplicate instead.
+ *
+ * A position that IS given stays: arch + position without a side is a real tooth described
+ * without its quadrant, and must keep offering its candidate chips.
+ */
+function isJawReference(intent: ToothIntent): boolean {
+  if (intent?.kind !== 'positional') return false;
+  const archGiven =
+    intent.arch === 'upper' ||
+    intent.arch === 'lower' ||
+    intent.arch === 'both';
+  return archGiven && !Number.isInteger(intent.position);
+}
+
 /** Compose every resolver into the payload the review sheet renders. */
 export function resolveVoiceIntent(
   intent: VoiceIntent,
@@ -488,7 +507,9 @@ export function resolveVoiceIntent(
 ): ResolvedExtraction {
   const unresolved: UnresolvedItem[] = [];
 
-  const toothResult = resolveToothIntents(intent?.teeth ?? []);
+  const toothResult = resolveToothIntents(
+    (intent?.teeth ?? []).filter((tooth) => !isJawReference(tooth)),
+  );
   unresolved.push(...toothResult.unresolved);
 
   const spanResult = resolveConnectedSpans(
diff --git a/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.wire.ts b/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.wire.ts
index ae71f40..9ed850b 100644
--- a/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.wire.ts
+++ b/backend/src/modules/voice/extraction.wire.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,13 @@ export const VOICE_INTENT_JSON_SCHEMA = {
       type: ['string', 'null'],
       description: 'A treatment type CODE from the supplied list, or null.',
     },
-    teeth: { type: 'array', items: TOOTH_SCHEMA },
+    teeth: {
+      type: 'array',
+      description:
+        'Individual teeth only. A whole jaw NEVER belongs here — put it in ' +
+        'prosthesis[].targets with "arch" set and "position" null.',
+      items: TOOTH_SCHEMA,
+    },
     connectedSpans: {
       type: 'array',
       description: 'Bridges / splinted units. Endpoints inclusive.',