Equine odontoclastic tooth resorption and hypercementosis

Equine odontoclastic tooth resorption and hypercementosis (EORTH) Equine odontoclastic tooth resorption and hypercementosis (EORTH) more commonly affect older horses. EORTH is caused by the horse’s own immune system attacking the tooth roots and causing them to be resorbed, to try and keep the affected teeth the body lays down cementum around where the root would…