How many teeth does my cat have?

* Kittens are born with 26 needle-sharp milk teeth.


* These baby teeth are replaced during the first 6 months of life with 30 adult teeth.


* The cat has 2 upper canines, 6 upper incisors, 6 upper premolars, and 2 upper molars.


* On the bottom jaw, the cat has 2 lower canines, 6 lower incisors, 4 lower premolars, and 2 lower molars.


* The upper and lower incisors are the front teeth between the canines (fangs).


* The incisors grasp the prey or food.


* The canines (fangs) grip the food and are used to kill prey.


* The canine teeth sit in beds of sensitive tissue that let the cat feel what it is gripping. The cat can feel the tiny depression at the back of the neck on its prey so the cat knows where to bite.


* The premolars (right behind the canines) and the molars (at the very back) shear, cut, and chew meat.


* The cat has few molars because its diet is almost entirely carnivorous.


* In a natural diet, the teeth are cleaned as the scrape over bones. Pet owners have to make sure their domestic cats teeth are kept clean.

How many teeth does my cat have?
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Reply:Dammit, umm 18.
Reply:dunno, you hit her lately ?
Reply:Why dont you count them.
Reply:General features and special adaptations %26gt; Teeth


The cat's teeth are adapted to three functions: stabbing (canines), anchoring (canines), and cutting (molars). Cats have no flat-crowned crushing teeth and therefore cannot chew their food; instead, they cut it up. Except for the canines and molars, the cat's teeth are more or less nonfunctional; most of the cheek teeth do not even meet when the mouth is closed. The dental formula in all cats, for either side of both upper and lower jaws, is incisors 3/3, canines 1/1, premolars 3/2, and molars 1/1. The total number of teeth is 16 in the upper jaw and 14 in the lower. Primary, or milk, teeth number 24; these are replaced by the permanent teeth at about five months. Each half of the jaw is hinged to the skull by a transverse roller that fits tightly into a trough on the underside of the skull, making grinding movements impossible even if the cat had teeth suitable for grinding.
Reply:how should we know?? not all cats have the same number of teeth. your's may have some missing or something.
Reply:don't know count them