I was just talking to my dad, and he is going to talk to our vet about it, so don't worry, but I thought I'd ask anyway. One of our geldings, Jimmy has a broken tooth. My dad was looking at his teeth and saw it. It's one of the front ones (sorry if they have a name, I don't know it!). He sent me a picture on his phone, and the the bottom half of the tooth is broken off . We're not really sure how he did it, but how do you think it'll affect him? I know the vet will give us a real answer, but I'm pretty curious about it already.
Is it an incisor? If it is, then it may be the baby tooth being pushed out by the eruption of the permanent tooth, which can appear like a broken tooth. See what the vet says, and hopefully that's all it is.
He shouldn 't have a problem with his tooth like that - the main issue would be if the rest of the tooth is sharp and going to cause a pain, in which case the vet should be able to file it down so it's not jagged and is comfy .
My friend's horse has completely lost one of his front teeth, and has not had it for years, he's absolutely fine like that - still manages to gorge himself on grass all day and in no pain.
This happened with me and it's what happens at that age. They're loosing their teeth and will grow it back. Casey had that happened and we thought the exact same thing. They asked how old and I said 4. She told me exactly what I'm telling you. You don't need the vet, it's just what happens. It happened to me with one of the front teeth as well. You don't need to worry about it but you can still call the vet if you'd like to.
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You'd be better calling an equine dentist. They specialise in this sort of thing. It shouldn't cause a problem but it will need filed to ensure that it's not sharp. I presume that it's an adult tooth that's broken not a baby one. If it's a baby one at the side then when he teeths his adult one will coem through no bother. I knew a horse which was born with no front teeth on top and it didn't cause him any problems.
Most of the time when a horse breaks a tooth they do not pull it because then the bone starts to decay where the tooth was. If it is not causing any pain they will probably not do very much unless it has a sharp spot that will cause pain on the jaw.
how old is your gelding?
edit ..... are you sure it not a new tooth growing in.
