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
Chattery Teeth (short story) the criminal. Hogan passes out to the vision of the Chattery Teeth dragging the hitchhiker's body off into the desert. Nine months later, Hogan stops again at the same convenience store, where he is unexpectedly reunited with the "broken" teeth again, hearing that his attacker's body was found chewed up in the desert. He decides to buy the teeth again, realizing that instead of trying to kill him, the teeth want to protect him. His theory is proved correct when a dog snarls at him as he leaves and the teeth stir in his pocket, ready to attack anything that