How can vets know how old an animal is by looking at stuff like their teeth?

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How can vets know how old an animal is by looking at stuff like their teeth?

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An organism has a certain amount of tooth tissue laid down at birth, then it grows in predictable rates. It can vary a bit so no estimate based on a dental record is perfectly accurate, but there is a very limited amount in which it varies.