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Canine teeth are pointed teeth that are used for cutting thing like meat. Most particularly in a human are the two on either side of your top front four teeth. The teeth at the back are broad and are used for crushing rather than cutting. In animals the meat eaters have a lot of sharp teeth, where as animals that eat plants don't have them.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 8y agowell i think originally the canines were meant to rip the food from our hands. i.e. when we eat meat you can rip the meat off the bone. So basically the canines get hold of the food for the molars to crush. x.
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∙ 15y agoThey are the pointed teeth, one on each side, upper and lower, between the front and back teeth. There are 4 teeth in the front of your mouth, upper and lower, called incisors, then one canine tooth on each side of them, and then the molars on each side after that.
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What is your point tooth called?
canine or a cuspid tooth.
What is a name for a pointy tooth?
it's called a canine
What is a pointed tooth that is used to grip pray found in carnivores and omnivores?
That is called a canine tooth.
What does a canine tooth do to your food?
Canine teeth are also called fangs or dogteeth. They are used to hold prey in the mouth so it be torn and eaten.
What does the word canine refer to?
Canine means of dogs. A canine tooth, for example, is the kind of pointy tooth that dogs have.
What tooth is a pointed tooth?
canine
A tooth having three points is called what?
Eyetooth or canine
What is the groove in a cat's canine tooth called?
The groove in a cat's canine teeth is called a vertical groove. The groove gives the cat the ability to catch and tear food.
Piercing and tearing teeth?
your canine tooth is the tearing tooth just the same for any animal.
What is a long pointed tooth called?
Some people might call them a fang, but the technical term for them would be your Canines.
How do you use canine in a sentence?
"My dog needs special canine medicine." "I have a cavity in my canine tooth."
Where can a canine fossa be found?
It is a concavity adjacent to the canine, or cuspid, tooth.
