Tooth removal

Oh sugar.....

Our 21yo mare is having one out in a month's time, but as its loose already (and might in fact wobble out itself in the meantime) and she's not insured, I was hoping for considerably less than this .....

Fiona
 
Fiona said:
Oh sugar.....

Our 21yo mare is having one out in a month's time, but as its loose already (and might in fact wobble out itself in the meantime) and she's not insured, I was hoping for considerably less than this .....

Fiona
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My oldie had to have a tooth pulled as was a bit loose and impacting on those around it. The vet had mentioned it the previous year but had left it as was still firmly in. 12 months later, although not bothering her, vet decided it needed to go. Just pulled it out there and then with what were essentially plyers. This was done in the field (she lives out), there and then. And that was it. Just had Bute for a few days for the pain. Just paid for the standard visit
 
I had one taken out from my TB and it was nowhere near that amount - it was done under (a lot!) of local anaesthetic at the equine hospital, vet said happily afterwards that the horse did try and fight the sedation a lot 🙄

I seem to recall it was about £800?
 
mavandkaz said:
My oldie had to have a tooth pulled as was a bit loose and impacting on those around it. The vet had mentioned it the previous year but had left it as was still firmly in. 12 months later, although not bothering her, vet decided it needed to go. Just pulled it out there and then with what were essentially plyers. This was done in the field (she lives out), there and then. And that was it. Just had Bute for a few days for the pain. Just paid for the standard visit
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Thanks so much for the reassurance :)

Fiona
 
racebuddy said:
Ho , anybody had a tooth removed equome of course , how much did it cost ? Been wiated £2000 for removal
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Hi Race Buddy - it depends on what tooth it is as to how much it costs. Some have deeper roots that others, its my understanding that the ones at the front of the mouth are cheaper as they are looser and easier to remove.

My mare was quoted as £1600 - £2000 to have hers removed. It was an upper premolar I think from the diagram it was tooth number 108 I believe. It was because it was fractured and had split in two and food was getting compacted between split. I only found out as she had told the horse whisperer she was in desperate pain (despite eating normally) and was very distressed by it. I almost dismissed her pleas as I'd only had the vet a few months before and he found nothing wrong. BUt as the horse whisperer was so, so, accurate in her other statements I had the EDT look at it, and within five seconds he said the horse had a fractured tooth requiring vet attention.

Fortunately she went in for a sort of assessment on it in order to get a quotation. At that point I wasn't sure I was prepared to spend £2K on a tooth removal for an old horse in her twenties with a multitude of arthritic conditions, even though everything is controlled and she lives pain free. Sounds harsh but I would have had to do some serious thinking, as 2K is a lot of money.

Fortunately I didn't have to make that agonising decision because whilst at the clinic the vet managed to remove a slab fragment as following x-rays it was deemed that the tooth under the fractured part was essentially healthy.




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In fairness mine had 2 upper molars removed by bone flap and GA. He was only 4 yrs old at the time. He had congential malocclusion.

He's now 22yrs old and still going strong . He wasn't insured.
 
I should add follow up flushes by the horse's normal vet added another £500 but I really couldn't see why she couldn't have squirted the hole with chlorhexidine herself (the owner, not the mare!).

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£1,800, £750 of which was the surgery. The rest was x rays, loads of sedation, nerve block, antibiotics, bute and 3 call out fees.
 
I had a molar (2 from the back) that had cracked in half removed from my then 10 year old, was done by my vet at the yard (not horspital) and cost £700 ish I think around 4 years ago.
 
Years ago my then 4 yr old horse had his 3rd cheek molar removed under GA as it fractured when trying to remove it under heavy sedation, he had it done via the bone flap, bucoctomy I think its called. I cant remember the exact cost for the proceedure sorry but the op went well, sadly it was the post op complications that bumped the price up, sinus flushing, loads of different abs as unfortunately he ended up with putrid smelling snot that just wouldnt go away. I lost count at £5.5k, thankfully we were insured.
My vet did say because he was only 4 his tooth roots were long and that an older horses tooth is much easier to remove. One came in whilst my boy was there, had theirs removed under sedation and everything was fine. Im just so unlucky!!!
 
Funnily enough a little pony I have just been given as a companion had the vet to check her teeth last night as I had noticed that her breath smelled and she was eating a bit 'carefully'. He put the gag on, put his hand in and basically pulled 2 rear molars out - they were very, very loose though and just came away as he was examining her. She had some pain relief last night and this morning but she was eating soaked food quite happily last night.

I'm not saying that is generally possible, I just think that she had been neglected for a considerable period and not had anything done to her teeth for a couple of year.
 
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