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Diane Wilson Equine Dental Technician I am often asked why horses need a dental technician. Routine dental care can alleviate this.
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After all I have never seen a Dental technician following wild ponies around saying politely its time for your annual tooth rasp now my dear.!! Of course the truth is these horses all developed good mouths and jaws and ate natural foodstuffs and life expectancy was not always long. Domesticated horses are bred to carry us, to race,jump pull carts not for their mouths and we feed different foods to

grass and want them to live as long as possible. As a result regularly managing a horses constantly growing teeth is an important part of their care Lack of care can lead to quidding as in photo opposite where the horse is not maximizing his food intake. Problems in ridden horses such as difficulty turning left or right can be caused by uneven tooth growth again easily fixed by routine care. In young horses wolf teeth are usually removed prior to breaking in as they have very small roots (usually) and move when the bit is in the mouth causing pain and head shaking.

02/05/2023

Couple of appt in Devon and Cornwall 15th to 19th May .

27/01/2022

Good morning everyone! While we are not an equine hospital, this case is just too wild not to share. 🤯

This particular patient was the Idaho Equine Hospital's Case of the Day!

A 2 year old Quarter Horse gelding came in for an exam as the owner noticed a firm swelling on the lower jaw. The gelding was having no problems eating and no signs of pain to the touch. An exam showed no drainage with a normal oral exam. Radiographs then revealed what looked to be numerous disorganized tooth roots….

Next step surgery: Under general anesthesia the bone on the lower jaw was removed to expose a large cavity with numerous (𝟐𝟖𝟖 to be exact) unattached tooth roots. Most of these were able to be removed by flushing the cavity with saline, though some required the use of instruments to remove from the surrounding bone. No involvement of the oral cavity was noted. The cavity was left open to heal on its own with daily flushing. The horse was rechecked several weeks later and the area was healing well. He was expected to have a full recovery.

The diagnosis was a 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚, 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 that is rare but can occur in young horses.

TWO HUNDRED & EIGHTY-EIGHT TEETH were removed from ONE HORSE! 😳That has to be a record.

Come back next week for something new and exciting!!

12/01/2022

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Lough Allen Stud Farm
Moate
N54W653

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