Common Dental Problems
Trauma From Bit
Tissue Injury
Tongue Injury
Sometimes it's not the teeth!
Foreign Bodies
Retained Deciduous Incisor Caps
Cap Fragment
Overbite
Slant Bite
Missing Incisors
Cribber
Ventral Curvature "Smile"
Dorsal Curvature "Frown"
Sharp Enamel Points
Wolf Tooth
Retained Premolar Caps
Rostral Premolar Hooks
Rostral premolar hooks occur in the front of the mouth on the first upper premolar.
Caudal Molar Hooks
Caudal molar hooks occur in the back of the mouth on the upper last molar.
Ramps
Ramps can occur on the lower first premolar or the lower last molar.
Protuberant Cheek Teeth
Fractured Tooth
Excessive Transverse Ridging
Also referred to as "ETR".
Tartar
Tartar tends to accumulate on the canine teeth of geldings/stallions and sometimes along the gum line of the incisors.
Unbalanced Molar Arcades
Eruption Bumps