Symptoms of Dental Problems
Eating & Diet
- Eating slowly
- Refusing certain types of food
- Refusing food completely
- Excessive salivation
- A bad odor from the mouth
- Quidding (rolling hay into balls then dropping them)
- Head shaking
- Weight loss /condition
- Signs of colic
- Packing food into the cheeks
- Long stems of hay or whole grain in the manure
Behavior & Movement
- Inability or refusal to maintain headset
- Difficulty of taking one lead or another
- Dragging rear toes
- Difficulty in collection
- Short striding
- Poor attitude, bad behavior
- Head tilting
- Lameness issues
Physical Signs
- Imbalances in hoof that proper trimming cannot correct
- Poor topline
- Sunken hips
- Upside down or U neck
- Enlarged or uneven temporalis muscles on forehead
Incisor hook & tartar on canine
Incisor hook & tartar on canine
Incisor hook & tartar on canine
Upper molar hook
Incisor hook & tartar on canine
Incisor hook & tartar on canine
Lower molar ramp
Incisor hook & tartar on canine
Lower molar ramp
Underbite
Underbite
Lower molar ramp
Overbite
Underbite
Overbite
EOTRH
Underbite
Overbite
Retained caps (baby tooth)
Infundibular caries (decay)
Infundibular caries (decay)
Infundibular caries (decay)
Infundibular caries (decay)
Infundibular caries (decay)
Wedge (diagonal)
Infundibular caries (decay)
Wedge (diagonal)