Brown Back Teeth

[grandmaweloveyou]

Hi. I was worried about my boys back teeth being brown and called the Vet to ask. I checked some of the other horses back teeth at the yard and cant say they were in good shape - one of them didnt even have any! Am I right to worry or is it normal that they tend to "rot" for a better word? He had the dentist out late last year and I was told that annual checks werent necessary unless pain was indicated? Thanks. (Maybe you could each have a gander at your horses back teeth tomorrow!!)

 

[VictoriaEDT]

Hi

Difficult to say without seeing but the outside surface of the teeth can appear discoloured and is mainly staining. However, if the colour is kind of transleuscent blac/greyish then I would say the horse could have peripheral (surface) caries although I doubt this is the case.

I would have to disagree with not needing annual checks/rasps becuase the whole point of routine dentistry is to avoid pain. horses will put up with a hell of a lot of cheek/tongue damage from sharp points before they start displaying any visible syptoms.

 

[shazza283]

these are a pretty much normal colour - in good light too so yours might look a bit darker with no torch!!

www.parksidevets.com/equine/teeth2.php

 

[grandmaweloveyou]

Cor blimey I dont reckon his back teeth are much more brown than those? They are blunt though and look sssoooo old but I think I am reassured thanks