AG Equine Dental

23/10/2021

Interesting read from the Equine Dentistry Association of Australia.

The racehorses listed below all have 2 things in common today!! Can you guess what it is ????
🏆Homesman
🏆Incentivise
🏆Ocean Billy
🏆Selino
🏆Chapada
🏆Delphi
🏆Master Of Wine
🏆Port Guillaume
🏆Young Werther
🏆Nonconformist
🏆Charms Star
🏆Great House
🏆Montefilia
🏆She’s Ideel
They are all running today in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup and their routine dental care is provided by an Equine Dental Technician that is a member of the EDAA.
🏆Good luck to our trainers and their connections🏆
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30/01/2019

Hi everybody, My new number is 0474452136. My charge is 0474452136. Adam Geldard.

19/05/2017

Swan Valley RDA,s favourite gentle giant "Barnie" having his teeth done with manager Kay Fowler.

26/04/2017

06/04/2017

Thanks Ray Mather from Direct Image in Jolimont for doing a great job with my logo on my truck:)

28/02/2017

Filing and removing all" Wolf-Teeth ", from "Racehorse Yearlings" after the sales ,Ensuring a " Good and Safe" "First Experience" for both Rider and Horse at Professional Racehorse Trainer, Pre-trainer & breaker "Donal O'Connor,s " racing stables in Ascot.

08/02/2017

Removing Wolf- Teeth from 2 year olds the "First " time they get there teeth done,that are then ridden ,is a lot safer than your dentist filing over the top of them, risking exposing the already shallow nerve. The bit coming in contact with an exposed nerve from a "filed over wolf tooth" can risk riders lives causing serious injury or death.

08/02/2017

Yes please!

13/01/2017

"Palm Beach" getting his teeth done at Dobson Equestrian!

14/11/2016

Hi everyone, Adam Geldard here. I’d like to share some basic information that my clients often ask me about Equine Dentistry so hope this helps.
The image above shows the exact areas that should be filed by an equine dentist. Horses teeth grow and wear at the same rate and therefore when they chew their food with lateral excursion ( or sideways chewing motion) the outside edges of the top molars (top red line) and the inside edges of the bottom teeth (bottom red line) become very sharp. These molars are mostly associated with mastication (or chewing/grinding of food).
The first upper and lower molars (circled on image) are also used for chewing and a vital key in a riders ability to hold and keep a consistent contact, collection and therefore a proper connection.
These molars are naturally very sharp and so when pressure is applied to the reins the bit pulls the cheeks inwards to be in contact with these teeth and easily lacerate the inside of the cheeks causing common problems such as hanging, head flicking, pulling and reefing.
A skilled and properly qualified equine dentist can precisely round and reshape these molars and riders can have drastic improvement in the way a horse travels and maintains contact, collection and therefore connection.

18/12/2015

Jodie Gallacher,s 5 year old Quarter horse "Smartie" getting his teeth done:)

21/11/2015

"Enya"
The 5 year old Gypsy Cob having her teeth done in Geraldton . W.A

16/09/2015

Noblewood park calibre having his teeth done

16/09/2015

Picco bello having his pre Royal dental maintenance :-)

28/08/2015

The dark patch in this photo shows tartar build up on this horses bridle teeth/Canines or tushes as they are commonly called. These teeth are used for fighting and generally only found in male horses and occasionally females. If they are found in females they are very small. Horses Canines have very little use for chewing or masticating food , so become an area that tartar builds up over time. Removing the tartar build up on horses canine teeth is necessary to prevent periodontal disease and gingivitis.

21/08/2015

Periodontal disease is common in horses over 19 years old. This molar was removed from a 27 year old school horse. The molar had become loose and infected and was causing problems for the horse masticating food. The molar was removed allowing the horse to be more comfortable.

11/08/2015

An "underbite" or "Monkey Mouth " as it commonly known as , is not seen very often in large breeds of horses but is quite common in miniture horses & smaller breeds. Just like an "overbite" or "Parrot Mouth",commonly seen more in larger breeds of horses , they will often develop "" Caudal hooks"(back molar ramps) and "Rostral Hooks" ( front molar ramps) and therefore require regular filing or maintainence to ensure a continued ability to "masticate" or "chew" his/her food properly & efficiently.

25/07/2015

"Crock" having his teeth done. No sedation and minimal restraint is used to do 99% of horses teeth. The "gag", (mouth brace) is opened on no more than " 2" clicks on the ratchet's. The "gag" is closed many times throughout an average dentistry procedure to ensure horses don't get a sore jaw. "Over Sedated" horses find it very difficult to tell humans this until the next visit when they are terrified! I rely on "" eyes and ears" to tell me how much pressure individual horses can take whist having there teeth filed.

11/07/2015

02/07/2015

This is "Coco" the 2 and a half year old donkey having his teeth done for the first time.

27/06/2015

Look carefully at my right hand thumb. This massive cut was caused from the first lower & first upper molars been extremely sharp. The bit generally has a nutcracker effect on the horses cheek and when pressure us applied to the rein, the bit pulls the sensitive cheeks over the first upper & lower molar region causing painful cuts and can cause many different problems with horses behavior eg, pulling, reefing the reins and evading the contact.

25/06/2015

Me, doing "Noblewood Beretta" and " Valentino" with Anna McGregor at Dobson Equestrian,s stables

04/06/2015

Today I was privliged enough to assist Ascot surgeon Max Hall, remove these massive wolf teeth from a 2 year old racehorse at a top racing stable. You can see the exposed nerve sticking up (about 3/4 of the way along the tooth. As these teeth are situated were the bit sits they can cause considerable problems for riders when the bit comes in contact with them.

01/06/2015

This is what typically happens with windsuckers over time

01/06/2015

This is a slant mouth

19/05/2015

These are just a few of the different cases I come across day to day when Im filing teeth for horse owners. Please like my new page to keep up with the latest info on looking after your horses teeth.