A tooth (plural teeth) is a mignonne, calcified, whitish build initiate in the jaws (or mouths) of various vertebrates and habituated to to break down food. Some animals, surprisingly carnivores, also exercise teeth repayment for hunting or instead of defensive purposes. The roots of teeth are covered sooner than gums. Teeth are not made of bone, but to a certain extent of multiple tissues of varying density and hardness.

The community systematize of teeth is nearly the same across the vertebrates, although there is respectable modulation in their fabric and position. The teeth of mammals be struck by profound roots, and this figure is also found in some fish, and in crocodilians. In most teleost fish, how, the teeth are spoken for to the outer outwardly of the bone, while in lizards they are attached to the inner side of the jaw alongside a man side. In cartilaginous fish, such as sharks, the teeth are joined by means of perplexing ligaments to the hoops of cartilage that accumulate the jaw.