Alice Hughes Veterinary Equine Dental Care

23/04/2025

You don’t see a horse with extra (supernumerary) cheek teeth for months and then see 3 in as many days!
There should be 6️⃣ teeth in a row, not 7️⃣!

Love using my new oroscope to capture these unusual examples and to closely inspect for areas of disease or painful food trapping 🔍

21/04/2025

An interesting find whilst out and about today with my oroscope 🎥
In each row of cheek teeth there should only be 6, not 7!
This supernumerary (extra) tooth, isn’t bothering this horse luckily, but has caused there to be a gap between the teeth and a bit of an overgrowth, which has led to some food trapping but thankfully not too much gum disease 🙌
(The hole in the number 4 cheek tooth, called infundibular caries, isn’t very deep in this older horse so we’ll just keep an eye on that for the time being)

17/04/2025

Moss enjoying having the gaps between his front teeth brushed! 😁

Moss had been getting food stuck between his incisors resulting in uncomfortable gum disease - this regular clearing out of the stuck food by his dedicated owner Kirsty (using a soft brush dipped in peppermint Corsodyl) has significantly helped and his gums are looking much healthier! 🪥

16/04/2025

BAEDT (British Association of Equine Dental Technicians) 2025 membership car window sticker proudly in place (with a confused Olive inside!)

04/04/2025

Super fit Roxy having her dental check up before the next big competition 🙌🌟🏆

31/03/2025

Lovely evening at the SRUC Aberdeen Campus for the BHS Grampian equine career evening - Jelly was due her routine dental examination and acted as a perfect demo horse!

30/03/2025

I’ve sponsored lots of riding competitions over the last few years, but never boxing! 🥊
My amazing brother took to the ring (VERY out of his comfort zone) to raise money for Cancer Research UK - a charity close to our hearts ♥️
He raised an amazing £8K (and counting) winning the Top Fundraiser prize (but not his boxing match unfortunately!) 🙌💪
(From the photos it would appear that I need to work on my sympathy!! 🤕)

29/03/2025

Before the age of 5 years old, horses lose 24 baby teeth - keep an eye out for those caps!

Following on from our last post, here’s a handy guide to average permanent eruption dates for you to save, helping you to keep track of your young horse’s dental changes!

27/03/2025

Some very worn front teeth! 😁
This lovely guy is into his 30s and has made good use of his incisors over the years.
Once horses are in their late teens, the incisors stop erupting, so the wear from grazing beyond then can wear the front teeth away into some interesting shapes!
(He still manages to graze well though and is in great condition 🌟)

16/03/2025

Some nasty ulcers right at the back of this wee Shetland’s mouth caused by some sharp enamel overgrowths.
Now with the overgrowths reduced the ulcers should quickly fully heal 🙌

13/03/2025

Mini donkey dental day! 🥰🫏

12/03/2025

A very diseased lower cheek tooth extracted yesterday - there was a crown at the beginning, but the tooth was so rotten it crumbled away - luckily at the end of the extraction! 🦷

07/03/2025

Super training day with the British Association of Equine Dental Technicians and the lovely horses at Bandirran Stud & Livery 🐴

25/02/2025

Two pretty diseased neighbouring cheek teeth removed from this lovely elderly ‘Lady’ yesterday - you can see the food packing up the sides of the teeth that had been getting trapped in between them, all the way up to the top of the roots! She should feel much more comfortable now without them 😁

21/02/2025

A very large blind wolf tooth (an extra tooth hiding under the skin where the bit lies) extracted from gorgeous Molly today! Hopefully she’ll now be more comfortable whilst training for her future driving career 🙌🐴