Do horses teeth ever break?

Yes!





We recently had a horse on our farm who was losing significant amounts of weight. We use a special Equine Dentist (the vets can float, but they rarely do anything more), and he came out and found that the horse's tooth had broken, and had begun to decay. The break went all the way down, and it was really affecting the way he could eat (horses chew sideways, he could only chomp on his food to eat it because the sideways chewing motion really really hurt). It had to be pulled. The horse was 21 years old.





We also have a 2 year old who's lower front teeth were kicked out as a baby. We are still hopeful that he will grow them back!





Their teeth are just like ours, except that they never stop growing (well until they are very old). This is why their teeth need to get examined and usually floated, once or twice a year. Floating is in essence a filing down of the teeth. From the way they chew and what they eat, horses can develop sharp edges, which can irritate them and cause them to limit their food intake, toss their heads, or even become unusable because their mouths are so sore. In addition their teeth can get loose, get decay, and break just like ours!





Horses can eat and live a happy life without their teeth, as many aged horsesdo!~

Do horses teeth ever break?
Like any tooth (man or animal) they can break.
Reply:yes and they can fall out too.....i had a 40+ year old horse that was missing teeth....we had to put him on a special diet...
Reply:One of my friends old horses have a big chip in one of his teeth.
Reply:you try gazing on some grass and find a hard rock and see what happens
Reply:Yes, They can. Your vet can refur you to an equine dentist
Reply:well of course they can! if the horse bites someting unbreakable, the teeth will definitly break
Reply:Yes, like any tooth of any animal or human.





They are a lot stronger, but they are still breakable and come out.
Reply:Yep, they sure can. Horses need dental work justlike we do. Poor dental care will lead to poor health. You should look for an equine dentist...


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