Jawbone Age - Injury

[paboom]

Here's another one for you tndeer jawbone experts. It also looks like he had an injury. Looks painful.

 

[Snake]

No good at teeth but yes he's had an injury .

 

[Outdoor Enthusiast]

4.5+

 

[Rabbitkil]

4.5+ and wouldn't surprise me if there was .22 or other small call fragment in that calcification

 

[ADR]

4.5 or older
Great job cleaning them

 

[megalomaniac]

4.5

 

[readonly]

Looks like a 3 year old to me. The lump is on the tongue side, I'd be temped to cut it open and see what it looks like. Infection? I have had some deformed jaw bones over the years, but usually attributable to absess in the gumline.

 

[TN Larry]

4.5

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

5 1/2

 

[Andy S.]

Great job cleaning jawbone up for a solid visual representation. Not a ton of wear on those teeth. Lump could have made him favor opposite side, thus over causing excess wear on opposite side (without lump) in shorter duration. For sure 3.5+, possibly 4.5+.

 

[paboom]

Much appreciated. For those who mentioned the injury, this side was the 'young' looking side, with less wear-which I assume was due to pain chewing on that side. I may at some point do some exploratory surgery.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Agree....likely 4.5+

 

[TN Larry]

Much appreciated. For those who mentioned the injury, this side was the 'young' looking side, with less wear-which I assume was due to pain chewing on that side. I may at some point do some exploratory surgery.

Can you post pictures of the other side? For me, I barely called it a 4.5 yo. It's definitely 3.5 but likely 4.5. I would like to see the other side too as it didn't seem to have uneven wear on the injured side.