Wolf teeth, left in or take out????

4 year old's wolf teeth.....

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My four year old has been out of work this summer so I cannot comment on her ridden behaviour, but she's been dull and mouthy when eating for several months. The dentish visited last week and noted she had both wolf teeth set fairly close to her 2nd premolars. He was of the opinion to leave them in unless I later experience a problem, but several people have said best to have them out rather than wait for ridden problems to arise.

What does everybody think? Should I wait or simply have them taken out now whilst my filly is still on rest?
 
My vet tried that one the other day with my 5yr old! OUT please! They may not always cause problems but they have only got to be smaked a good one and they become a problem.

Vet did the "they are quite big - should definately not be a problem, very tight against the molatrs". I insisted - when they were finally out they were miniscule compared with some that I've seen.

I'm happy they are out - I can rule them out should there be any mouth problems.

So yes - its better to have them oout now before the horse develops a mouthing problem.
 
My mare has hers in - the vet checked then when she was younger and gave me the choice. I opted to leave them in and several years down the line they still haven't caused a problem :) Plenty of other things have mind you! :rolleyes:
 
My old share still has hers, she's 16 now and they have never caused her a problem.

My mare was seen by the dentist in June and he said she has them but very small, at the moment they do not cause an issue but could. He advised leaving them in as they were very small. She is due in Jan/Feb time so will see if they have goten any bigger and re think about removing them.
 
Surely it depends on the size of the teeth and this combined with the conformation of the mouth.

My 3 year old has already had his out as he has a slug of a tongue and the wolf teeth were reasonably close to wear the bit would sit. They were very quick and easy to remove and I would rather the horse never enter into any mouthing problems then to allow a problem to occur then try to fix it.
 
I have a 4 and a 3 year old, both with wolf teeth. The EDT recommended having the 4 yo's out as he is a competition horse who *touch wood* should be aiming at quite a high level. The 3 yo however, we have decided to leave for the time being as she will not be doing any hard work for a good few years yet. Funnily, her mother also had wolf teeth but these caused her problems so we had them out.
Out of choice, I'd have them out simply because if you have future problems you can know that it is definately not the wolf teeth.
 
out. normally very quick and easy to do can rule it out at a later date should you have an issue. mine had a blind one where it was growing under the gum in the wrong direction. she was very sensitive in mouth and this wouldn't haven been helping.
 
leave in unless they are causing problems, one of my best horses was left a headshaker due to nerve damage from when he had one of his extracted :mad:
 
I must admit, they are both very small and up tight against the molar. I can't imagine them getting in the way terribly but my horse is highly strung and fussy at the best of times so I can't imagine it would be pleasant to ride her if they started causing disomfort :rolleyes:
 
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