Jawbone aging/tooth wear "experts"....a ?
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Jawbone aging/tooth wear "experts"....a ?
My taxi that's doing the euro mount for me uses a micrometer to measure tooth wear.....and references his measurements against a "std" chart (realizing that it's not an 'absolute' science).
Is this std. operating procedure? Kinda more scientific than I thought it might be....in watching him do the measurements.
Thanks.
Is this std. operating procedure? Kinda more scientific than I thought it might be....in watching him do the measurements.
Thanks.
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RE: Jawbone aging/tooth wear "experts"....a ?
just this last wkend i pulled and aged jaws at a check station. yes its standard for 4.5 and older bucks. .5 yr old, 1.5, and 2.5 are all reallly obvious. a .5 will only have 4 or 5 teeth. (mature deer have 6), a 1.5 will have all 6 and they are labeled 2,3,4 premolars. no1 due to it supposedly being dropped sometime in their evolution. and 1,2,3 molars. the number 4 premolar will be a tricuspid in a 1.5. at 2.5 it is a bicuspid, and all the teeth are really sharp. after that the wear depends on location and food sources but you can use a millimeter and match it up to a chart and get a general idea of age
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