Tooth Fracture

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Just had the dentist out to my horse who discovered that he has a tooth fracture. He recommends having an x-ray to see the extent of the damage which I have duly arranged. He said that to take the tooth out would be quite a big job due to the horse being young and the tooth root being so long. He suggested waiting to see the results of the x-ray before deciding what to do but there is a possibility that he could get an abscess. He also said that there was a possibility that it might grow out as the new tooth continues to grow. He didn't know of any supplement I could feed him to encourage dentine growth. I just wondered if anyone has had experience of this being successful?
 
Back or front tooth?

Our oldie was found to have a broken tooth at the back not long after I bought him. Vet took most of it out under local even though it took him several hours. It was about 6 years ago and (touch wood) is fine now although I have to get the equine dentist to do his teeth every six months - the tooth opposite needs to be filed regularly.

Youngster had his front tooth out a couple of months ago. It was fractured about 18 months ago (think oldie booted him). We thought it was going to be OK but recently noticed he was getting spots on his gum which the dentist said was an infection. Vet took tooth out (again under local) in just over an hour.
 
Should add to the above post that as youngster had treatment for the broken tooth 18 months ago, the tooth was excluded from insurance when it came to be taken out. (So if you're insured don't leave any treatment too long.)
 
Sorry to be so long in replying but have been away. The tooth is an upper one - 5th one back from the front. He also has an abnormal tooth/gum structure on the same tooth on the other side. Vet coming to X ray next Tuesday.
 
We have one with a broken tooth he's older 17 and so far it's causing him no issues .
In a young horse I would be tempted if your insured to be sure to get it out while the insurer will pay .
Don't don't let a dentist attempt this the horse needs to be a veterinary hospital being dealt with by a specialist vet .
I had a beautiful horse ruined when a dentist had removed a tooth when she was six I knew she had a a tooth removed when I bought her but what we did not know was the dentist had broken the tooth not removed it and it developed in a major long running expensive disaster .
 
Goldenstar said:
We have one with a broken tooth he's older 17 and so far it's causing him no issues .
In a young horse I would be tempted if your insured to be sure to get it out while the insurer will pay .
Don't don't let a dentist attempt this the horse needs to be a veterinary hospital being dealt with by a specialist vet .
I had a beautiful horse ruined when a dentist had removed a tooth when she was six I knew she had a a tooth removed when I bought her but what we did not know was the dentist had broken the tooth not removed it and it developed in a major long running expensive disaster .
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My horse is not insured so it will be an expensive decision to make. My dentist is brilliant and has already said that it wiuld be a hospitalisation job. I would live to gear from anyone who has had experience with new growth coming through curing tge problem. It seems that the dentine on the tooth has broken away.
 
Mine developed a lump on his head, diagnosed as a tooth abscess. Had it x-rayed to check for any foreign body or breakage and nothing was found. A course of strong antibiotics did nothing and they were talking about extracting the tooth when it suddenly resolved, not sure if it was the antibiotics just taking a bit longer or something else (I had tried various things, including just started flushing it out twice a day with warm water and bicarbonate of soda). About two years later the dentist noticed that tooth had broken off, so we suspect it had been damaged below the gum in a way that didn't show on x-ray (hence the abscess) and had then broken when the damage grew clear of the gum. It doesn't seem to bother him.
 
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