164: DISEASES OF 



TEETH. 



CUTTING TEETH. 



When young horses are cutting their teeth, they are 

 frequently the subjects of great nervous tension, and are 

 predisposed to become easy victims to numerous ail- 

 ments. Many cases are met with in which the second 

 teeth are cut before the first teeth (which they will re- 

 place) are shed. In these cases the first teeth ought to 

 be removed so as to allow the second teeth to come up 

 in their proper place, otherwise they are apt to be 

 crowded out from the normal position, and leave the 

 mouth somewhat deformed. It is a very easy matter 

 to remove the first or milk teeth at the time of the cut- 

 ting of the second permanent teeth, as the root has 

 been mostly absorbed, and the tooth can be extracted 

 by any kind of pliers, when no proper tooth forceps are 

 handy. 



WOLF TEETH. 



Another frequent annoyance among horses and colts 

 are as frequently the subjects of it as old horses is the 

 presence of wolf teeth also known as Remnant teeth. 



They are found immediately in front of the first up- 

 per molar, and they are the only remains of what was 

 in the early ancestors of the horse the first molar. To 

 discover their presence it is only necessary to hold the 

 tongue with one hand and run the thumb of the other 

 hand back against the first upper molar, and if a wolf 



