9.1 - Estimation Of Age By Examination Of Teeth

Question 1

Young horses have a total of ? deciduous or milk teeth

Answer 1

24

Question 2

The first premolar (wolf-tooth) may be absent or rudimentary; in most horses, it is only present in the?

Answer 2

maxillary (upper) jaw

Question 3

Permanent dental formula of male horses?

Answer 3

2(I3|3 C1|1 P3/4|3 M3|30) = 40-42

Question 4

Permanent dental formula of male and female horses?

Answer 4

2(I3|3 C0|0 P3/4|3 M3|30) = 36-40

Question 5

In how many days the deciduous/center incisors of horses erupt or come in?

Answer 5

8 days

Question 6

how many days the intermediate incisors of horses erupt or come in?

Answer 6

8 weeks

Question 7

how many days the corner incisors of horses erupt or come in?

Answer 7

8 months

Question 8

What teeth in horses can be distinguished from permanent teeth because they are wider than they are tall and they have shallow roots?

Answer 8

deciduous teeth

Question 9

Twelve premolars in horses will also erupt, three on each side of the top and bottom jaws, within what weeks of age?

Answer 9

2 weeks of age

Question 10

Systematic shedding of deciduous teeth is used to “age” horses until they have all of their permanent teeth at what years of age?

Answer 10

5 years of age

Question 11

At what years the horse’s deciduous central incisors are pushed out of the way as the permanent centrals erupt from below?

Answer 11

2 ½ years