Supernumery Teeth - Never heard of them until today :(

[Archiesmummy]

Archie has always had his teeth checked regularly. Today it was confirmed he has a supernumery tooth (412) and is going to need remedial work, 3 to 4 sessions. Supernumery teeth are a rare occurrence, trust my Archie to have one

I have been advised it would be very dangerous to remove it due to it being very close to a facial artery and also being very far back in his mouth would be a problem getting to.

He has never shown any signs of having it, thankfully, but can I expect any complications in the future?

Mind you, thinking about it, he ocassionally tosses his head and Tarrsteps mentioned she thought something was going on on that side when she rode him recently. Now it is being managed, should things settle down?

One last thing, does anyone know off hand whether insurance may cover remedial work. Will have to email my insurance company but wondered on the offchance whether any of you know on here.

 

[chrisnapthineEDT]

insurance im pretty sure will not cover it.

all it means is that its extra therefore by it having no counterpart (opposing tooth) its free to erupt at will so will need to be kept at bay every 6 mnths or so,nothing scary,nothing to worry about just remember if you ever sell him to pass on his dental paper work so the next owner is aware and can get treated accordingly

 

[WishfulThinker]

Ohh, how old is Archie? And what was the first indication that something was wrong?

 

[Archiesmummy]

Ohh, how old is Archie? And what was the first indication that something was wrong?

Archie has just had his 8th birthday. There were absolutely no indications that he had the extra tooth, just found during his routine checkup. Same vets who have always done him but only just diagnosed, not sure whether it was missed before or whether it was extra prominent this time due to it growing so much.