Preventing, Detecting And Treating Dental Health Problems In Hamsters
Your hamster's teeth are different from yours. Instead of being erupting once from the jaw and staying the same size throughout life, hamsters' teeth grow continually. As your hamster chews, it wears down the ends of the teeth, and the they continue to re-grow in a manner similar to your fingernails.
In the ideal world, a hamster's teeth would wear down at the same rate that new tooth erupts from the gums.