Question

If the dental formula of rabbit is 2033/1023. What does it show?

• A. Total number of teeth in rabbit is 15.
• B. Number of total incisors in rabbit is 3.
• C. Diastema is present between incisors and premolars.
• D. In the formula 2033 is for adult and 1023 is for young ones.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Diastema is present between incisors and premolars.

The dental formula of the rabbit is 2 x (I 2/1 C 0/0 PM 3/2 M 3/3). The total number of teeth is therefore 28. There are no canines present. The gap between the incisors and premolars is known as the diastema. The premolars and molars are often grouped together and called the cheek teeth. The incisors are used to slice the food and the cheek teeth grind the food.