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==Dental Formula==
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Cats are toothless at birth. '''Deciduous''' teeth are complete and functional within 2 months of birth. '''Permanent''' teeth are complete and funtional by the end of the 5th or 6th month.
  
 
The formula for '''deciduous''' teeth: 2 (I3/3 C1/1 P3/2)  
 
The formula for '''deciduous''' teeth: 2 (I3/3 C1/1 P3/2)  
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The formula for '''permanent''' teeth: 2 (I3/3 C1/1 P3/2 M1/1)  
 
The formula for '''permanent''' teeth: 2 (I3/3 C1/1 P3/2 M1/1)  
  
Cats are toothless at birth. '''Deciduous''' teeth are complete and functional within 2 months of birth. '''Permanent''' teeth are complete and funtional by the end of the 5th or 6th month.
 
  
 
===Incisors===
 
===Incisors===

Revision as of 16:00, 7 September 2010

Feline Dentition - Copyright Nottingham 2008


Cats are toothless at birth. Deciduous teeth are complete and functional within 2 months of birth. Permanent teeth are complete and funtional by the end of the 5th or 6th month.

The formula for deciduous teeth: 2 (I3/3 C1/1 P3/2)

The formula for permanent teeth: 2 (I3/3 C1/1 P3/2 M1/1)


Incisors

Teeth Cat - Copyrigh Copyright P.Fernandes

Sometimes a cat's lower incisor teeth are shed in middle age.

Molars

A decrease in the number of molars leaves the cat with a shearing bite, rather than wider cusps for grinding.