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Dog age differential

As we all know, check the dog's teeth will be able to know its age. So why do the teeth can show age?

Because in the dogs in different parts of the body, the most that can not conceal the teeth. Contracting dog's age, primarily dogs teeth wear and loss situation. Of course, to refer to their facial expressions, body, hair and so on.

When 1-year-old dog, all teeth growth completed; 2-year-old, some canine dental calculus has been the plot; 3-4 years old, can clearly see the teeth and dental calculus of dirt, the incisor jaw gradually wear; to 5 years of age, before a sharp tooth wear; 6-year-old teeth stones have been quite a number, the canine also started weak; 7-8 years old, began to loose teeth, jaw of the incisor will be ground into a circular; to the 10-year-old After suffering from alveolar pyorrhea started from the front. Drop of course, the phenomenon of the species because of the dog, physical condition, etc. vary.

Dog's age, mainly in the growth of canine teeth, tooth peaks and the extent of tooth wear, shape, color, etc. to determine, in order to facilitate the hands of dog-tooth test now as follows:

Adult dogs a total of 42 teeth

Puppies a total of 28 teeth

------ 20 days around long teeth
4-6 weeks long Qi ----- milk incisors. Over the past two months, the deciduous teeth of all long-chai, white, thin and sharp.
2-4 month-old replacement ---- first deciduous incisors

8 months later replaced by permanent teeth all ----
1-year-old permanent teeth ------ long-chai, white and bright, sharp convex upper incisor
1.5-year-old ------ mandibular incisor second largest peak, wear to a small peak Pinzi, this phenomenon is known as peak indelible
2.5-year-old ---- indelible peak mandibular second incisor
3.5-year-old ---- maxillary incisors first peak indelible
4.5-year-old ---- maxillary incisors second peak indelible
5-year-old ---- mandibular incisor third peak slightly wear, mandibular incisor wear surface for the first two away from the fractal
---- 6-year-old third mandibular tooth tip indelible, canine blunt round
---- 7-year-old first mandibular incisor tooth wear to the roots, wear surface for the longitudinal elliptic
---- 8-year-old first mandibular incisor wear front-oriented tilt
---- 10-year-old second mandibular incisors and maxillary first vertical oval surface wear
--- 10-16 year-old missing incisor tooth loss

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