"Cuspid" redirects here. For other uses, see Cusp (anatomy).
"Eye tooth" redirects here. For the procedure to place a tooth in the eye socket, see Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis.
Canine tooth
This dog's longer pointed cuspids or "fangs" show why they are particularly associated with canines.
Details
Identifiers
Latin
dentes canini
MeSH
D003481
TA98
A05.1.03.005
TA2
907
FMA
55636
Anatomical terminology
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In mammalian oral anatomy, the canine teeth, also called cuspids, dog teeth, eye teeth, vampire teeth, or vampire fangs, are the relatively long, pointed teeth. In the context of the upper jaw, they are also known as fangs. They can appear more flattened however, causing them to resemble incisors and leading them to be called incisiform. They developed and are used primarily for firmly holding food in order to tear it apart, and occasionally as weapons. They are often the largest teeth in a mammal's mouth. Individuals of most species that develop them normally have four, two in the upper jaw and two in the lower, separated within each jaw by incisors; humans and dogs are examples. In most species, canines are the anterior-most teeth in the maxillary bone.
The four canines in humans are the two upper maxillary canines and the two lower mandibular canines.
They are specially prominent in dogs (Canidae), hence the name.
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the saber-toothed cats with the largest canines had proportionally weaker bites. Analyses of canine bending strength (the ability of the canine teeth to...
separated from it by a vertical ridge, the canine eminence, corresponding to the socket of the caninetooth. Fossa This article incorporates text in the...
were larger with greater shearing ability, and its bite force at the caninetooth was stronger than any known Canis species. These characteristics are...
In human dentistry, the maxillary canine is the tooth located laterally (away from the midline of the face) from both maxillary lateral incisors of the...
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molars on each side. There are no canines. Dental formula is 2.0.3.31.0.2.3 = 28. Three to four millimeters of the tooth is worn away by incisors every week...
that the space is in the region of the canine fossa, and that infections originating from the maxillary caninetooth may spread to involve the space. Infra-orbital...
incisors versus canines. There are two dominant hypotheses. The "field model" proposes there are components for each type of tooth shape found in the...
"saber-toothed cats", including the famed genus Smilodon, as well as other cats with only minor increases in the size and length of their maxillary canines....
his body was cremated in a sandalwood pyre at Kushinagar and his left caninetooth was retrieved from the funeral pyre by his disciple, Khema. Khema then...
art in China and East Asia, as well as Rangda in Balinese Hinduism. Caninetooth Tusk "Fang - Definition of Fang by Merriam-Webster". Vonk, Freek J.;...
schlosseri and did have a groove on the caninetooth characteristic of felines. A second specimen, a single lower caninetooth, was described by Kretzoi in 1951...
87% were found to have undergone the removal of one or more deciduous caninetooth buds. In an older age group (3–7 years of age), 72% of the 111 children...
have a dental formula of 2.0.3.31.0.2.2. There are no canines. Three to four millimeters of tooth is worn away by incisors every week, whereas the posterior...
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premolars. It is the longest tooth in total length, from root to the incisal edge, in the mouth. The mandibular canine is the tooth located distally from both...
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