The teeth of the horse

The first thing that we will realize when analyzing a horse's mouth, is that it is a vegetarian animal; indeed, the row of incisors before its disposal are specially prepared to start herb.

After these incisors, canines found, which are usually present only in males and not come out until the animal has an age of 4 to 5 years. These teeth have much space between them, are not touched and therefore appearance hardly change over the lifetime of the animal. The space between the teeth where the steak rests, known as bars.

Then the back of the mouth, there are six wheels on each side, top and bottom molars. Of these the horse used to grind food, a job that causes wear but the part that protrudes from the gum will remain mostly unchanged since the wheel continues to grow. Sometimes the wear is uneven, causing the appearance of cutting tips that we not scrape damage.