Horse teeth age will have between 36 and 44 teeth. All equines are heterodontous, which means that they have different shaped teeth for different purposes. All horses have twelve incisors at the front of the mouth, used primarily for cutting food, most often grass, whilst grazing. They are also used as part of a horse's attack or defence against predators, or as part of establishing social hierarchy within the herd. Immediately behind the front incisors is the interdental space, where no teeth grow from the gums. This is where the bit is placed, if used, when horses are ridden. Behind the interdental
The Inspector's Teeth Viagens" and the 1959 version of de Camp's essay "The Krishna Stories", the framing sequence of "The Inspector's Teeth" takes place in the year 2088 CE., with the flashback main portion of the story taking place in 2054 CE., placing the story before "The Colorful Character" and making it the first "Viagens" story set on Earth in terms of chronology. The Inspector's Teeth "The Inspector's Teeth" is a science fiction short story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, part of his "Viagens Interplanetarias" series. It is the first (chronologically) set on Earth, and a linchpin tale in the sequence,