Anatom3DUpper secondary canine tooth
Dens caninus superior · Horní stálý špičák
Skeleton
Looks like
The pointed eye-tooth third from the midline in the upper jaw, with the longest root of any tooth.
What it does
Tears food and guides the jaw sideways, protecting the back teeth.
Keeping it well
Sometimes stays buried in the palate (impacted); an X-ray around age 10–12 catches it while it can still be guided in.
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Bad breath (halitosis)
- Burning mouth syndrome
- Dental abscess
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Hand, foot and mouth disease
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Impacted wisdom teeth
- Lichen planus
- Mouth ulcers (aphthous stomatitis)
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Pemphigus vulgaris
- Sarcoma
- Stevens–Johnson syndrome / toxic epidermal necrolysis
- Teeth grinding (bruxism)
- Tooth decay & gum disease
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency