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Tooth Attachment Thecodont - set in sockets Pleurodont - attach to side of jaw Acrodont - attach to occlusal surface
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Mammal Teeth Incisors Simple Used for pincers - grasping and picking
Modified Chisels - rodents Tusks - elephants
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Mammal Teeth Canines First tooth in maxilla, when present
Tend to be long Commonly consist single cusp with one root Used for stabbing and holding prey Enlarged canines - musk deer, walruses, baboons
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Mammal Teeth Premolars Vary in shape and size shrew - tiny peg
massive crushing organ - wolf Usually smaller and simpler than molars Deciduous
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Mammal Teeth Molars Vary in size, shape, and function
Completion eruption delayed
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Elephant tusk - incisors Walrus tusk - upper canines
Tusks Elephant tusk - incisors Walrus tusk - upper canines
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