Cows and goats are herbivores with high crown molars; the crown of the tooth is extremely long compared to that of a human molar, enamel covers the crown, and enamel is also located inside the tooth..
The lips and tongue grip, sharp teeth grind, and saliva moistens food before it enters the stomach.
The tongue also squeezes fluid from cud, and the tongue and cheek muscles aid in swallowing.
Three pair of large salivary glands produce about 1 to 4 gallons of saliva every day..
The deciduous and permanent dental formula of cows, sheep, and goats are similar.
All ruminants lack upper incisor teeth, with the mandibular brachydont (short-crowned) incisors meeting with a maxillary cornified dental pad..
A goat's teeth may grow and fall out at slightly different ages than the teeth of any other goat.
There are no upper front teeth in the goat's mouth, instead your wether has a tough toothless "dental pad." Your goat does have teeth on the top and bottom of his jaw further back in his mouth..
Goats do not have upper front teeth, however they do have teeth (molars) on their upper jaw in the back of their mouth
Where goats would have incisors in their upper jaw, they instead have a “dental pad
” This dental pad is common among ruminants, and functions as a sort of single, large, tough tooth that occludes against the bottom incisors
To understand goat dental health, it is important to know what is normal
Goats, like all mammals, have two separate “sets” of teeth: their baby, or deciduous, teeth and their adult teeth
They also have no upper or maxillary incisors
Instead, they have a firm area of gingival tissue known as the dental pad
The sequence for the eruption of permanent incisors is 1 to 1
5 years of age for the first pair of incisors, 1
5 to 2 years for the second pair, 2
5 to 3 years for the third, and 3
5 to 4 for the fourth pair of incisorsA full mouth of permanent teeth is in place by the time the goat reaches 4 years of age
