Northeast Equine Veterinary Dental Services

09/01/2025

Wishing everyone a safe and relaxing Labor Day!

09/01/2025

We had a great time at meeting enthusiastic veterinary students and sharing our knowledge about equine dentistry! 🦷🐴🩺

08/30/2025

Dr. Allshouse and Dr. Frazier are in Kentucky this weekend representing NEVDS at the Opportunities in Equine Practice Seminar. The OEPS event hosts third year veterinary students interested in career options in equine veterinary medicine.

Dr. Allshouse and Dr. Frazier will be assisting with labs teaching oral examination skills and odontoplasty (floating) techniques. We are excited to share our passion for dental care with so many dedicated veterinary students!

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08/01/2025

07/14/2025

07/04/2025

Happy 4th of July!

06/21/2025

Sun’s out tongues out ☀️ Happy first day of summer from some of our patients!

Each of these horses has undergone extractions to remove incisors that were uncomfortable due to EOTRH. EOTRH is a syndrome in older horses that results in resorption of the incisors and canine teeth, occasionally involving cheek teeth as well. As the body resorbs the affected teeth, they can become infected, abscess, or fracture. There is no effective treatment to halt the resorptive process of the affected teeth. Luckily we can help these horses to be pain-free by extracting the affected teeth. Horses adjust very well after these extractions and are still able to graze, grab hay, and chew normally.

We love seeing our patients comfortable and showing off their new smiles!

05/09/2025

The NEVDS team traveled to Martha’s Vineyard this week to provide veterinary dental care to horses on the island. We had a great time meeting new people and seeing familiar faces from our last trip! 🐴🩺🦷⚓️

04/03/2025

The photos shown are from an 18 month old Quarter horse gelding. This horse presented to his primary care veterinarian for a firm left sided facial swelling. Within two months the swelling had doubled in size, at which point he was referred to NEVDS. During his oral exam, Dr. Limone discovered that his first lower right premolar was abnormal. Radiographs revealed that the deciduous (baby) tooth was present, but where there should have been a tooth bud for a developing adult tooth, there was an abnormal area displacing the mandibular cortical bone.

A plan for extraction and biopsy was made. The tooth was extracted without incident and the abnormal tissue was submitted for evaluation. Evaluation of the biopsy revealed an ameloblasoma - a type of oral tumor. This form of neoplasia can grow rapidly and damage nearby tissues, such as bone. Fortunately, this type of tumor has a low rate of metastasis.

This horse will have an oral exam every 6 months moving forward to ensure recurrence is identified quickly if it occurs. This case demonstrates the importance of oral exams in young horses even if they’ve never seen a bit. There are a lot of things that can go wrong in a young horse’s mouth!! Luckily this guy had an astute owner and primary care veterinarian who took quick and decisive steps to get him treatment. Everyone here at NEVDS is keeping fingers crossed that another surgery isn’t needed for our young friend. 🤞🤞🤞

03/19/2025

Foaling season is here! Our friend Linus is helping demonstrate that foals are born without incisors. Foals’ deciduous, AKA baby, incisors erupt in stages over the first 6 months of life. From the age of 2 ½ to 4 ½, horses develop their permanent incisors and lose their baby incisors as the larger adult teeth take their place.

Foals have 12 cheek teeth, just half of the 24 cheek teeth they will have as an adult. Over the next few years of life, horses will wear through their deciduous cheek teeth and erupt adult teeth in their place. During this time, horses will also develop their adult molars to give them a full complement of 24 cheek teeth. There are no “baby” molars, so no deciduous teeth are shed as young horses erupt their molars.

Baby Linus is 13 now and very proud to show that he has made a beautiful set of adult teeth!

03/04/2025

Dr. Limone & Dr. Frazier had a great time teaching dental examination skills to Tufts veterinary students at Ocean State Equine’s clinical skills lab this past weekend. A big thank you to Ocean State Equine, Dr. Becky Ruemmler, and Whitney Fernandes from BI for coordinating this great opportunity for students to practice important clinical skills! 🐴🦷🩺.

02/11/2025

Baby season is here! Check out this free webinar tomorrow hosted by AAEP with important tips for a successful foaling season.

Are you foal-ready?

This Wednesday, join AAEP member veterinarians Drs. Chelsea Folmar & Taylor Huffman for a webinar discussion that will help you prepare for the foaling season. Learn how to create a foaling kit, the timeline of parturition (foaling), and how to recognize when veterinary intervention is needed.

Registration is FREE but required. A recording of the webinar will be available if you miss the live event.

Register here: https://events.zoom.us/ev/Ats8dN0E2JxrJYoBUPKU7BW_HtYcwxW988ZYvpWRruqNFu98_uws~AnoL_ZTlIx2iZDbk457AKzpEPWgwMyM1m36OoJWUUyiXJPOgKi4PHJJYdQ

This informative session is brought to you by the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee.