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Sow mouth only affects the relationship of the incisors to each other where the lower incisors are more forward than the upper incisors and completely miss on occlusion. The cheek teeth are not affected.

Dermatitis, or inflammation of the skin, on the back side of the pastern can become severe in some horses. The usual treatments do not address the cause.

The use of the speculum is common in equine dentistry. There are reports of damage to the horse caused by them and this is one of those cases.

The sheath is at the farthest point from the heart and damage to the blood flow in castrated males can sometimes prevent the normal flow of blood leading to swelling (edema) of the sheath.

The palate is the tissue dividing the mouth from the airway above it. It is divided into the hard and soft portions.

Some horses will react adversely to medications showing a disruption from the normal skin condition. These include bumps, depigmentation, and temporary inflammation.

In vet school I learned that a lump is a lump until proven otherwise. Only a biopsy can determine or confirm a diagnosis.

Whenever trauma occurs inside the mouth of the horse, the reaction from the horse can be anywhere from nothing at all to drooling and an inability to chew.

Skin rubs occur either acutely from trauma or insidiously through wear against objects such as tack, blankets, or the environment.

Underbite In Horses

When a wolf tooth in a horse doesn’t erupt through the gum, it is called a blind wolf tooth.

Scars occur during healing of full thickness skin wounds including surgery. They can range from unseen but felt to hairless, depigmented masses.

Finding the source of infection and stopping it there often is more efficient than treating the horse after he becomes sick. This includes quarantine of new horses added to the herd.

Wolf teeth are the vestigial teeth that lie in front of the first upper (and rarely the lower) cheek teeth.

This common cancer is locally invasive on pink skin such as the eyes, penis, and in the skull of the horse.