The Normal Mouth
Since there is still a very large misunderstanding amongst the equine community of what is and is not a normal mouth, I decided to create this page to help bring some clarity to this issue.
The normal mouth of a horse is a mouth that has no dental abnormalities. There are no hooks, ramps, transverse ridging, abnormal molar table angles, fractured teeth, periodontal disease, loose teeth, wave complexes, stepped molar arcades, excessive wear, protuberant teeth, impacted teeth, twisted teeth, incorrect incisor length and angles, missing teeth, tissue lacerations, oral ulcers, adscessed teeth, retained baby teeth, shear molar tables, wedge incisors, offset bites, diseased teeth, mandibles shifts, overbites, underbites, congenital abnormalities, lack of incisor and molar occlusion, overjets and or underjets , cancer, excessively sharp points.
A normal mouth is a mouth that is balanced, all 4 molar arcades and incisor arcades (row of teeth) and the teeth in them are the same height, length, have correct angles and occlude properly. A normal mouth is one that has been regulary seen by a equine dentist and only requires basic, routine dentistry to keep the mouth in great shape.
To learn more about an abnormal mouth, please visit the abnormal mouth page.