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    Category: Aging Project Topics

    Aging By The Teeth

    An introduction to the aging of horses using the wear of the teeth as a guide. This represents a project by me of photographing and categorizing horse…
    Doc-t April 29, 2020
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    Aging By Teeth – 02 – 5 years (Young Horses)

    Young horses range in age from birth to 5 years. These images are by year 2 through 5. Each show the left side, the right side, the straight on and …
    Doc-t August 6, 2020
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    Aging By Teeth – 06 – 12 years (Young Adult Horses)

    Young adult horses range in age from 6 to 12 years. These images are by year 6 through 12. Each show the left side, the right side, the straight on …
    Doc-t August 6, 2020
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    Aging By Teeth – 13 – 18 years (Adult Horses)

    Young adult horses range in age from 13 to 18 years. These images are by year 13 through 18. Each show the left side, the right side, the straight o…
    Doc-t August 6, 2020
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    Aging By Teeth – 19 – 24 years (Early Senior Horses)

    Young adult horses range in age from 19 to 24 years. These images are by year 19 through 24. Each show the left side, the right side, the straight o…
    Doc-t August 6, 2020
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    Aging By Teeth – 25 – 30 plus years (Senior Horses)

    Young adult horses range in age from 25 years and older. These images are by year 25 through 30+. Each show the left side, the right side, the strai…
    Doc-t August 6, 2020
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    Aging By Teeth – View Left Side

    These images include all the ages from 2 years to 30+ years showing just the left side. This helps to compare and to observe the changes over time on…
    Doc-t August 8, 2020
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    Aging By Teeth – View Right Side

    These images include all the ages from 2 years to 30+ years showing just the right side. This helps to compare and to observe the changes over time o…
    Doc-t August 8, 2020
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    Aging By Teeth – View Straight On

    These images include all the ages from 2 years to 30+ years showing just the view from straight on the closed incisors. This helps to compare and to …
    Doc-t August 8, 2020
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    Aging By Teeth – View Open Mouth

    These images include all the ages from 2 years to 30+ years showing just the view from the opened mouth onto the occlusal surface of the incisors. Th…
    Doc-t August 8, 2020
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    The Equine Practice Inc, The Horse's Advocate

    Aging The Horse By The Teeth – Podcast #070

    Several years ago, I asked owners with horses of verified age (papers or lip tattoos) to allow me to photograph the incisors. I shot the left and righ…
    Doc-t September 21, 2022
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    In 1979, I memorized the standard chart for aging the horse using the ware patterns of the teeth. Specifically, the incisors because they were readily available by lifting the lips. The features used included the cups, dental star, and Galvayne's Groove. Horse owners and buyers used the chart for maybe a century, but in the 1980s, many equine dentists described the incisors' bite. They noticed uneven wear patterns representing them as a smile, a frown, a diagonal, or a V-shape.

    In 1983, I floated my first horse and since, have floated over 77,000 horses. I was asked to age a horse many times officially. I started to notice that if horses wore the incisors unevenly, the horse could be one age from the left side and another from the right. The old aging chart wasn't working.

    Several years ago, I asked owners with horses of verified age (papers or lip tattoos) to allow me to photograph the incisors. I shot the left and right lateral, the straight-on, and the open mouth of the lower occlusal surface views. My goal within the project's time constraints was to get ten random horses of every age between 2 years and 30+ years. I could do this at some ages, while at several ages, I could only find one or two. This podcast describes my findings.

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