Clinical findings and treatment of shear mouth in two horses associated with ipsilateral painful dental disease |
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| Authors: | N T Moore |
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| Institution: | Moore Equine Medical and Dental Services, Georgetown, Texas, USA |
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| Abstract: | Shear mouth is a rare and poorly described dental condition observed in horses. This report outlines 2 cases of unilateral shear mouth with ipsilateral painful dental disease. Both cases are young horses diagnosed with idiopathic 409 cheek tooth fractures associated with shear angles on the 100 and 400 cheek teeth rows. Corrective odontoplasty was performed in both cases to correct the cheek tooth occlusal surface angle following exodontia of the diseased molars. |
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| Keywords: | horse shear mouth cheek tooth occlusal angle dental |
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