title: A new understanding of oral and dental disorders of the equine incisor and canine teeth.
abstract: This article discusses the classification systems for dental fractures and how the assessment affects treatment options. Diagonal incisor malocclusion is discussed in relation to skull asymmetry and how this commonly relates to premolar and molar occlusion. Oral and radiographic assessment of incisive bone fracture and incisor avulsion is reviewed for determining treatment options. A summary of incisor and canine resorption and hypercementosis is presented. Clinical presentations, staging, and classifications of tooth resorption as well as canine odontoplasty are discussed. Excessive plaque and calculus formation on lower canines leading to periodontal disease and abscess is examined.
authors.affiliation: Dentistry Department, Cornell University Hospital for Animals, Ithaca, NY, USA. etearley@laurelhighland.com
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Earley
authors.forename: Jennifer T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Rawlinson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003481:Cuspid / Q000473:pathology*; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006736:Horses; D006936:Hypercementosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D007180:Incisor / Q000473:pathology*; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D011859:Radiography; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D014091:Tooth Resorption / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary
keywords: Apical infection; Avulsion; Equine; Fracture; Gemination; Hypercementosis; Periodontal; Tooth resorption