Lee Shakeshaft Equine Dentist.

02/06/2024

Just to let you know we are on holiday from Monday 3rd-10th june so will not be answering messages during that time, we will reply to all as soon as we are back!

15/02/2024

Some interesting caps and wolf tooth extractions in young racehorses earlier this week

24/01/2024

Wolf tooth extraction and routine rasp for the lovely Dolly this morning.

16/01/2024

10/01/2024

One of Bev's first patients of the year was a lovely middle aged pony, unfortunately her previous owners had failed to book her dental appointments and as a result she had a very dominant rostral 206 and some very sharp uneven teeth, preventing her from being able to chew properly. Thankfully she was an angel to do and will now be much more comfortable.

24/12/2023

Wishing all friends/clients a merry Christmas and a happy new year! We are back working 8th Jan!

18/11/2023

Would you use an unregistered dentist? Neither should your horse…

Did you know❓ There are only 2 professionals qualified to check your horses' teeth!

An Equine Vet or Equine Dental Technician registered to either the British Association of Equine Dental Technicians (BAEDT) or category 2 members of the Worldwide Association of Equine Dentists (WWAED).

To learn more and download your free digital Dental Awareness Week pack visit👉 https://bit.ly/46QSFJ4

05/10/2023

Incisors!

04/08/2023

A fantastic week, started of on Monday with a dentistry talk to flint and denbigh pony club campers, followed by 3 days at wynnstay pony club camp with our two! Alex's first ever camp and Harriet's third. Both ponies were angels and Harriet passed her D test and won the most improved rider trophy 🏆 and Alex won the handy pony and took both ponies through the water on his own!

10/07/2023

Tartar! Often builds up on horses canine teeth dye to the close proximity to the salivary ducts. Can cause damage to the soft tissue around the base of the teeth. Luckily it is very easy to remove and tends to disintegrate given a squeeze or scrape. Owners can do it yourselves by picking at it with your fingernails, just be careful not to get bitten in the process!

18/06/2023

We are on holiday from tomorrow for a week, visiting the lovely Dartmoor. Please bare with us if there is a delay in replying to messages. We do have some spaces on 29th June in Denbighshire or mold areas so please message if you are in that area and want to book in.

15/06/2023

Do you know what's lurking inside your horses mouth? Often horses do not display any symptoms until issues become quite severe. Every horse, pony or donkey should be seen by a properly qualified equine dental technician at least once a year, whether or not they are ridden or showing any signs of discomfort.
You can check to see if your dentist or vet have passed the BEVA/BVDA Dental exam and have joined the BAEDT by looking at the members list
https://baedt.com/members-wales/index.html

31/05/2023

Had a great time giving a dentistry talk and handing out equine dental badges at the Wynnstay pony clubs central rally today!

22/05/2023

Had a great weekend at North Herefordshire. Alex's first competition and first time cantering.

30/04/2023

UNDERSTANDING TERMINOLOGY- triadan tooth numbering system.
When examining a mouth and locating possible issues etc it is important for us to have a universal system for identifying each tooth, therefore we use something called the triadan system, in which each tooth is allocated a 3 digit number.
The first number indicates which arcade the tooth is in. The mouth is split into four arcades or quadrants; offside top being number 1, nearside top being number 2, nearside bottom being number 3 and offside bottom being number 4. Then each tooth within the arcade is given a number from 01-11, working from the front (most rostral) tooth on each arcade, to the back (most caudal) tooth. This is where the second two digits come from. The teeth always have that number, even if other teeth are missing or there are extra teeth (supernumerary). So incisors are always numbered 01-03 (starting from the centre of the mouth and working outwards), canines are always 04, wolf teeth 05 and the rest of the premolars and molars are 06-11. So, for example, the nearside bottom canine would be 304 and the offside upper caudal molar would be the 111.

15/04/2023

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07/04/2023

Happy Easter to all friends and clients!
A quick reminder that prices are now £60 for a single horse/pony or £55 if there is more than one to do on the yard. Payment to be made at the time of the appointment and we also no longer accept bacs payments.

17/03/2023

If you recieve an email from us this week with an invoice that's been resent please double check it has been paid and reply with date paid and reference used.

17/02/2023

This is a newly acquired pony club pony we saw yesterday. Owner reported no issues and working well in an outline but unknown history as had come from a dealer. Upon examination we discovered the pony was missing its upper 11s (back teeth on top) which meant that the lower 11s (back teeth on bottom) were left unopposed so were growing into the upper jaw. The overgrown teeth were reduced as much as we could in one go and we shall revisit for further reductions in a few months time. It is quite common for Welsh section As to be missing teeth and with routine dental treatment can easily be managed to prevent this happening.

28/01/2023

Just because they're not being ridden, does not mean they don't need their teeth doing. This was a sec A broodmare we saw a few weeks ago, as you can see her 106 and 206 (the teeth at the front of upper arcades) were massively overgrown and insulting her lower jaw, preventing effective mastication. Correction of this is a gradual process and requires her being seen every 3 months.

23/12/2022

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL 🎅 🎄 We are now off for Christmas to spend time with the kids, we start back again on Monday 9th Jan. Bev will be taking booking still over the holidays but please bare with. Thanks to all our friends and clients for their continued support this year, we wish you all the best!

04/12/2022

Please note- we are moving away from bacs payments now and ask for payment via cash, cheque or card (must have signal) at time of appointment. Thanks!

23/10/2022

Harriet and snowys first trophy!

06/09/2022

The apprentice's have now returned to school- snowy is thankful

29/07/2022

Had a fabulous 3 days at camp with Harriet and Snowy. Now back to work!

29/06/2022

We are on holiday now until 9th July, please bare with us when messaging to book in