Oral Cavity – Foreign Objects ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Anything can get stuck in the mouth - and when you have no fingers.....
Category: Teeth and Oral Cavity System
Oral Cavity – Neoplasia ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Hyperplasia means more growth than is norma.
Incisors – Abnormalities ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Incisors are the nipper teeth and anything that is not normal is easily seen.
Incisors – Absence ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The nipper teeth can be missing from 1) never being there, 2) the cap is gone and the permanent tooth has not erupted yet, 3) trauma, and 4) extractio…
Incisors – Calculus (Tarter) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Accumulation of saliva with feed is very common on the canines but not that common on incisors.
Incisors – Cap Extractions ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Some deciduous incisors hang on longer than they should.
Incisors – Cap Remnants ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Some deciduous incisors leave remnants between the gum and the permanent incisor.
Incisors – Cap ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
All incisors have a precursor deciduous tooth that is displaced and ejected by the erupting permanent tooth below it.
Incisors – Damage ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Damage is common to the incisors because one of the primary purposes of these teeth is defense.
Incisors – Decay And EOTRH ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Incisors usually do not decay except after trauma or if EOTRH is affecting the horse.
Incisors – Relaxed Space ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
When a horse is relaxed, their incisors are kept apart as seen in these photos. On average a horse chews 25,000 times a day. If each chew takes 1 se…
Incisors – Supernumerary ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Supernumerary incisors means there are more incisor teeth than should be there (more than 12 permanent incisors).
Incisors – Wear ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The primary wearing factor of the incisors, including length and pattern of wear, is the movement of the tongue over the occlusal surfaces. This is c…
Incisors – Trauma ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
These picture show trauma of an incisor from about 2 years earlier and the removal of the damaged tooth.
Incisors – Tumors ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This was thought to be a benign tumor (abnormal growth) of an incisor. It was extracted and shown to be a deciduous incisor that was malformed (the d…
Incisors – A Question From An Owner ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
A YouTube visitor asks me several questions about incisors and theories of equine dentistry.
Oral Cavity – Growths ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
On occasion, a growth occurs within the mouth that is benign and just a passing observation. Rarely do they affect the horse unlest they enlarge and …
General Dentistry – Parrot Mouth ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Parrot mouth only affects the relationship of the incisors to each other where the upper incisors are more forward than the lower incisors and complet…
General Dentistry – Sow Mouth ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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…
General Dentistry – Speculum Injury ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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.
Oral Cavity – The Palate ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The palate is the tissue dividing the mouth from the airway above it. It is divided into the hard and soft portions.
Oral Cavity – Trauma ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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 …
Wolf Teeth – Blind ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
When a wolf tooth in a horse doesn't erupt through the gum, it is called a blind wolf tooth.
Wolf Teeth – Extractions ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Wolf teeth are the vestigial teeth that lie in front of the first upper (and rarely the lower) cheek teeth.
Who Knocked Out My Front Tooth? ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
A lost incisor from decay (EOTRH). I also quote a client with her description of how the horses respond to our Horsemanship Dentistry approach. We are…
Pull The Tooth! ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Pulling teeth is the dentistry equivalent of the expression "Do something!" But is "doing something" always in the best interest of the horse? Abscess…