My last foal was born with a under shot jaw... which as he grew it got a lot worse and his teeth are about 1.5" apart!
My vet who is also one of the best & specialist EDT's in the country was talking to me about him today and was telling me about a new method of treating this problem that has just come in from america, which involves putting a plate (or acylic?) on the bottom jaw to allow the teeth the slide over each other and also free up the back teeth as (trying to follow what he said when it got confusing now) they would be 'stuck' on each other... so inhibiting his top jaw from growing forward..
Now obviously whatever i can do to give him a better quility of life as a adult i will try now.. as he said once over 12 months nothing they can try and won't be enough growing room...
I've never heard of this... and my vet although pratice loads of time of 'skulls'.... this will be his first time doing it on a live foal.... which although i trust my vet doesn't fill me with great confidence... but as he said if it doesn't work or starts irrating him we can just take it off...
Now... please no horror stories as already worried..... but i feel i need to try something....
Anyone any experiance with this treatment?
My vet who is also one of the best & specialist EDT's in the country was talking to me about him today and was telling me about a new method of treating this problem that has just come in from america, which involves putting a plate (or acylic?) on the bottom jaw to allow the teeth the slide over each other and also free up the back teeth as (trying to follow what he said when it got confusing now) they would be 'stuck' on each other... so inhibiting his top jaw from growing forward..
Now obviously whatever i can do to give him a better quility of life as a adult i will try now.. as he said once over 12 months nothing they can try and won't be enough growing room...
I've never heard of this... and my vet although pratice loads of time of 'skulls'.... this will be his first time doing it on a live foal.... which although i trust my vet doesn't fill me with great confidence... but as he said if it doesn't work or starts irrating him we can just take it off...
Now... please no horror stories as already worried..... but i feel i need to try something....
Anyone any experiance with this treatment?