- A 5-year old horse head weighs 7 pounds more than a 15 year old horse head
because of teeth size
- An adult horse has between 36 and 44 teeth. Most mares do not have canines and
some horses do not have vestigial wolf teeth
- The horse’s lower jaw is 30% narrower than the upper jaw
- The upper molars are wider than the lower molars
- The average length of a 6-year old thoroughbred incisor (root and all) is 2.75 inches
- Molars in the upper jaw are 3-3.5 inches long. They erupt into the mouth and wear off
at a rate of about 1/10 to 1/8 inch per year. Most teeth are worn away by 30 years of
age.
- Some horses have wolf teeth and canine teeth, but dogs do not have horse teeth.
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