Facts About Squirrel Teeth

Squirrel has small bodies with the padded feet that help them to jump in a range of 6 feet. They have eyes on their head so they can see the environment easily without Turing their head up or down.  Squirrel has four prominent teeth that show when they open the mouth. These teeth constantly grow throughout their life spam.  In this blog, we are going to share teeth facts about gray squirrel

Baby teeth vs. permanent teeth
Like humans,squirrels also have baby teeth that are later replaced by the adult teeth; they grow faster. When we talk about humans, a child may lose their baby teeth at the age of 6 or 7 while the squirrel loses their teeth when they are 5 or 6 months old.  A baby child has around 28 baby teeth and later 32 adult teeth while the squirrel has six baby teeth and later 22 permanent teeth. Human teeth grow for a given length/fixed, but squirrel teeth grow continuously; they start to be curved; according to research, their teeth grow around the rate of 6 inches every year. 

Bite misalignment 
Have you ever noticed or are this bite alignment thing happens to you:squirrel also face the issue of an overbite, under-bite, or incorrect teeth positioning. Unlike humans, they are not able to get the treatment; due to this, they faced several issues. 

Teeth color 
When we see the front of a squirrel is tined orange with harder enamel, not the soft one, white and black. They have an effective edge on the sides of their teeth that help them to break the food and to eat nuts. Human teeth not always remain white due to several reasons. Human teeth may get yellowish due to tin or plug; due to the use of drugs or medications, a human with yellow teeth may eat acidic food, or they may have week enamel; this can happen when a person is a smoker. This issue can occur when a person takes poor hygiene. So the people who want to get the white teeth and want to avoid the tooth discoloration they should use hygiene and healthy food and brush their teeth twice a day. They should visit the dentist if the issue remains, they will help them in cleaning their teeth.

Summary
The human and thesquirrel teeth system is almost the same as they have teeth that come first and called baby teeth later. They have new teeth called them adult or permanent teeth. They have some teeth issues like a human, for example, overbite, under bite. The color of their teeth varies, it can be white black. At the front, they have four teeth that show when they open their mouth to eat the food. 

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