#dental problems

Horse (Equus caballus) partially cleaned by me.  It’s not as white as I like to get my skulls, but it was cleaned of soft tissue via compost pile and then went through a flood.  I did my best as far as the whitening process goes, but this is as white as this skull is getting for the time being.  To be honest, I do sometimes like skulls looking  bit more “natural” like this.

What I like about this horse is that it was an old animal.  The teeth are very worn, after a lifetime of use.  It also has a few pathologies, which I find fascinating.  This animal clearly had dental problems, as is evident by the gaping cavity in one of the premolars (photographed above), and bone degradation around all the teeth.