Canine teeth

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Does anyone here also have/had long canine teeth compared to your other teeth?

I've have some since childhood although worn away in the years, but remarkable still compared to other people.

On a sort of related note: I've always wondered if sexual dimorphism applies to human teeth.

I do own quite an impressive set of fangs.

I simply noticed that people with autism I know all seem to have relatively longer canines, in both men and women.

But you set a curious topic, I googled "sexual dimorphism human teeth" and came up with this:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15861426
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21547373
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar ... 8480900512

Mine are small - they look just like my other teeth in length and width, just with a bit of a point.
Yes, I'll willingly admit I still consider getting them extended...I'm not a vampire fan, but size matters.

As a side note, there is no such thing as "canine" teeth or "fangs" in humans. They are properly called "cuspids". Only animals have canine teeth or fangs. It is like saying you have a muzzle instead of a face, or a paw instead of a foot.

according to the wikipedia article it's both possible:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuspids

I wish I had impressive fangs, but alas, no. I've always had a teeth-grinding problem, so my fangs have been ground down a bit.

The top ones are "sharp", but not too much longer when compared to my other teeth.

I just took this:



Meh.

I had some pretty bad issues with bruxism with my "baby teeth", but I (thankfully) broke the habit as my adult teeth grew in.

There is nothing wrong with referring to them as canine teeth.

Edit: I forgot to answer the question. My canine teeth are not longer, but due to misshapen dentition my maxillary canines are somewhat more pronounced than my other teeth.

Last edited by DarrylZero on 01 Jun 2011, 8:57 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Yes, men on average have longer canine teeth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_humans

There is also some evidence that prenatal exposure to testosterone affects the size of canines. Many tests have been done on non-human primates that show a relationship, and I have seen it stated as fact in scientific forums, but the closest research study I can find is the following link that studied female/male twins and how the exposure to prenatal testosterone increased the size of teeth.

They have actually injected other anthropoids with testosterone, prenatally, to prove the relationship, but of course they can't do this with humans.

A search on google will bring up a lot of this related information, if anyone is interested.

http://bigthink.com/ideas/17756

I've noticed big canines in people with ASD's and often wondered why some people including women have them and some don't.

People with large canine teeth naturally have a more aggressive look. Not surprising that testosterone might play some role in it.

The link for 2d/4d finger digit ratio is easy to measure for prenatal testosterone, but a specific canine measurement would be harder to determine.

yes and no actually; actually, like jmnixon, my lower jaw 'canines' are slightly longer then the rest of the teeth, and in my upper jaw; they are more sharp and pointed, but of 'regular' length, leaving a bit of room to the sides of them.
also, in my lower jaw; my molars have canine points on the outside and the upper jaw ones have formed a cuntinues ridge over all of them, but i'm unsure if that's normal or not...

My lower jaw "canines" are about 1 mm (0,04 inch) longer, but the uppers are perfectly in line.

Yeah mine are pretty long! Don't know why though maybe it's because when they were growing, I became vegetarian and they were like 'hello... you need us...' but I ignored them

Yes, I have vicious looking canine teeth. A dentist wanted to do something about them when I was little but I refused.

edit: that would be vicious, not viscous

I used to have canines, but they've since then ground down pretty even with the rest of my teeth. For me, the issue is related to bruxism and cheek biting.