Canine
The canine S are Dent S pointed, sometimes very projecting, in certain animals, located between the Incisive S and the Molaire S.
They are used to tear off food in the carnivores (for example cats). They are called sometimes the hooks. The canines draw their name from the Latin word canus, the dog.
At the human S, the canines are four: two higher, two the lower.
They are absent at the herbivorous species.
The canines have a very important role. They are very solid teeth, with a very long root (up to 3 centimetres). Their role is paramount in the occlusion, at the time of the movements of chewing. It is they which deal with the forces in the movements of laterality; they must involve the désocclusion of the other teeth.
The fantastic tradition allots tooth pointed to the Vampire S to suck blood.
Zh-min-nan: Kak-khí