Simple video, shot poorly… but how many will really understand it
Pulp exposure demonstration of the depth of the open root canal 🦷
People often ask question such as how will a patient cope without a tooth or teeth post surgery. Or comment that a serious dental problem would lead to a horse showing serious outward signs of the problem. In fact in most cases of dental disease affecting horses the opposite is true, it’s hard to comprehend given a horse with a foot abscess is often 3 legged lame, but it’s true all the same. Most horses with serious dental problems ( what are we calling serious? ) broken jaws, fractured teeth, root canal infection, tooth root abscesses etc. show little or no outward signs of the problem. And while recovery from each surgery is an individual journey many are like the patient shown … quick to recover.
Fractured front tooth ( horse )
A fracture through the front tooth of a horse, the fracture runs through the root canal exposing the sensitive nerve tissue to air, water and bacteria
A “ little “ pocket in another complex case belonging to another dedicated owner
A case from today that would be representative of many. An older horse with a cheek tooth affected by gum disease which has reached a stage where the solution is tooth removal. There was some mobility in the tooth 🦷 present prior to starting to remove it. Hopefully 🙏 a few of you might watch or share witha vet interested in dentistry to encourage them to seek good support from an experienced clinic ( such as ours ) on cases like these.
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Shortly after the complex extraction of a dead infected cheek tooth 🦷
…. Eating fine
Tooth death 💀 tooth infection is common. What happens next varies ..
One possible and not unusual outcome is that cells that form part of the tooth react and produce more dental material ( a cementoma )
You can perhaps think about this ( visualise this ) as a large ball of concrete on the base of a fence post.
More to dentistry than you might have thought? 💭
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Often we are asked if/how horses cope after surgery to remove teeth. Here is a short video taken within just 1-2 hours of the completion of surgery to remove a painful dead infected cheek tooth. 🦷 the patient shows no outward signs of discomfort nor difficulty eating.
Commonly we are asked if/how horses will cope post surgery without some teeth. Even in the immediate post op period ( as in the first few hours after surgery ) many exhibit no signs of difficulty with eating nor pain. Look at todays other posts for some information on these common surgeries
As you will see and hopefully agree if you watch the videos of these patients post op they display no signs of discomfort or difficulty eating with the removal of the painful teeth.
Perio Perio Perio Oh Oh.. still the number 1 disease affecting horses of ALL age groups
So pretty important thing to KNOW about as a horse owner 🐴
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When you’re not the outdoor type ;)
Watch until the end to learn her secret
This is Monty
He has had previous surgeries to remove all of his front teeth and a lower canine tooth. Yesterday afternoon he underwent surgery to remove the remaining lower canine. This is him eating his dinner last night ..
For the skeptics. 😉
E.o.t.r.h challenging disease, but with the right advice the horses do amazingly well
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A couple of interesting cases this morning in and around Seymour Victoria referred by Drs Jess Kaczmerak and Alice Nixon of Seymour Equine Clinic.
Watch the Vid …. And Wait for it….
Equine Odontoclastic Tooth Resorption & Hypercementosis or E.O.T.R.H for short. This is a disease with some knowns and many unknowns, it affects a number of horses 🐎 once they reach late teens and on. Whilst not all horses with EOTRH will have the same form or be affected in exactly the same way clinically, it is a progressive, painful and often debilitating disease.
There is no cure BUT there is effective treatment available. With more awareness of this disease many more affected patients are being identified ( and hopefully helped ). Just take a moment to consider however the importance of a correct diagnosis for these horses
A. Because failure to diagnose it means affected horses suffer in silence
B. Because an incorrect diagnosis means a healthy patient undergoes unnecessary surgery and the removal of healthy teeth.🦷
To learn more check out this video and others or visit us at www.AED.vet
It’s a disease you may have heard about, however the other question you should be asking yourself is how much experience does the clinician talking to you about it actually have?
Which practice was the first to document and bring to the attention of the veterinary profession EOTRH in Australia ?
Want a hint ?
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