How can you infer a cat's age from its teeth

Sep 01, 2021

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The age of the cat, mainly by the growth of dog teeth, tooth peak and tooth wear degree, appearance, color and other comprehensive judgment. In order to be easy to grasp, the tooth age of cats is introduced as follows:


An adult cat has 30 teeth

A baby cat has 26 teeth

Teething begins at about 14 days

At 2-3 weeks of age, the primary incisors are uniform. At nearly two months of age, the deciduous teeth are all long, white, thin and pointed.

Replace the first primary incisor at 3-4 months of age

The second and third deciduous incisors and deciduous canines were replaced at 5-6 months of age

Permanent teeth are replaced after 6 months of age

8 months old permanent teeth long, white and bright, the upper incisors have pointed convex

At the age of 1 year, the second mandibular incisors had a large peak and were worn down to a small peak, which was called peak erosion

Maxillary maxillary second incisor peaked at 2 years old

Maxillary first incisor peaked at 3 years old

Maxillary second incisor peaked at age 4

At the age of 5, the third mandibular incisors were slightly worn, and the wear surfaces of the first and second mandibular incisors were distant

At 5.5 years old, the third cusp of mandible was destroyed, and the canine teeth were blunt and round

The first mandibular incisor at 6.5 years old was worn to the root, and the wear surface was elliptical

At 7.5 years old, the mandibular first incisor is worn and tilted forward

At 8.5 years old, the wear surfaces of the second mandibular and first maxillary incisors were longitudinal-oval

Between 9 and 16 years old, incisors are deciduous and canines are irregular


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