Why do you need teeth? What is the purpose of teeth?
Thursday, May 13th, 2010It is essential for human beings to have teeth because teeth allow people to chew food so that it is made smaller and more manageable and can then easily pass through the oesophagus and into the digestive system. The majority of us, unless you are a vegetarian, eat meat nearly every day – which makes us omnivores as we can eat meat and plants.
Your canine teeth allow you to tear meat. Alternatively we can chew and pulverize plant food ie salads etc using our molars which are the flatter teeth at the back of your mouth. You need teeth because if you didn’t have any you would only be able to eat small food or food that had been mashed up that you could eat without chewing.