Discussion on Capped Tooth
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Sandy T
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Username: Sandbox
Post Number: 24
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, Dec 5, 2004 - 7:52 am: |   |
Dr O - This past August, my 5 yr old QH, woke up with a lump & a small cut on the bottom of his jaw bone. The cut healed but the lump grew to the size of a quarter. There was two trains of thoughts on what it could be - a bone spur or a capped tooth.
On a recent visit to the vet - 3 weeks ago - I had her float his teeth (he would eat a few bites with his head pointed up to the sky so thought he could benefit from floating). She also thought the lump was a bone spur. Anyway, after the filing I noticed his lump shrunk in size to less than 1/3 of the original and he didn't point to the sky when eating.
Yesterday, I noticed he had returned to his unusual eating posture and the lump was slightly larger again. So, what is a capped tooth? Is it possible that floating fixed part of it but it still needs some other attention?
Thanks, Sandy |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 11612
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Sunday, Dec 5, 2004 - 8:44 am: | |
Hello Sandy,
I think your vet meant a retained baby tooth, unusual at 5 yr but possible I guess. The relation between the floating and the change is interesting but if the vet did not notice anything out of the ordinary while floating probably coincidental. Call the vet up explain what happened and see if there was something he failed to mention. Otherwise a set of radiographs would help clear up this bump problem if it seems to be causing your horse a problem.
DrO |
