Northeast Equine Veterinary Dental Services

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Northeast Equine Veterinary Dental Services

Leah Limone DVM DAVDC/Eq provides both routine and referral equine veterinary dental services to clients in MA & NH.
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Northeast Equine Veterinary Dental Services, LLC provides advanced equine dental care combined with consummate client service for discerning individual horse owners, professional trainers, and both small and large boarding/training facilities. We are a comprehensive equine dental practice providing quality care
ranging from routine maintenance to advanced diagnostics and standing extractions. We h

ave digital radiographic capabilities to handle dental diagnostic needs on site. We are an ambulatory practice that will travel to
service clients on the farm and at referring veterinary clinics. Our practice is devoted exclusively to high quality general and advanced equine dentistry. Our mission is to complement and enhance the care that your horse gets from your regular equine veterinarian. Our practice is devoted exclusively to equine dentistry. Our aim is to be a part of the health care team working to help achieve your goals for your horse's health and performance. It is our pleasure to serve horses and their owners in New England. The basis of dental health lies in an annual comprehensive exam with
occasional adjustments as needed. This service is most effectively provided by a veterinarian with focused skills and experience. As with general wellness care, the goal is to prevent big problems by identifying and dealing with small problems early on. Services we provide include:
•Preventative dental care planning and implementation
•Complete oral/dental exams
•Precise focal odontoplasty and maintenance
•Geriatric horse dental care
•Young horse dental evaluations
•Periodontal disease diagnosis, treatment and long term management
•Advanced diagnostics featuring digital radiography
•Basic extractions (wolf tooth and retained deciduous extraction)
•Advanced extractions (diseased permanent tooth extraction)
•Complex problem solving and severe case management

Please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Limone with any questions by phone or email.

978-500-9293
[email protected]

07/07/2024

Some news from Team NEVDS, we wish Dr. Basque all the best as she is stepping down from her position at NEVDS to focus on her family. We are so grateful for her thoughtful care and kindness for our patients and clients, and look forward to welcoming her back in the future!

07/04/2024

We hope you have a safe and happy 4th of July!

05/27/2024

Happy Memorial Day!

Remember those who have fallen and made the ultimate sacrifice.

05/12/2024

Happy Mother’s Day!

04/22/2024

Happy Earth Day!

We hope you’re able to get outside and enjoy the sunshine!

03/24/2024

NEVDS was thrilled to host our first (hopefully of many to come!) Truck Day for equine veterinary students. Students from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine worked through cases with each practice, and got a taste of ambulatory practice and working in between the raindrops. We look forward to connecting more students and practitioners again soon!

A huge thank you is in order to a wonderful group of equine veterinarians and to our future equine veterinarians, and also to Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals for sponsoring the day!

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01/06/2024

So important!!! This post is a must read for those with middle age to older horses. 👌

01/01/2024

Wishing you all the best for the New Year!

We hope the coming year is wonderful in so many ways!

12/25/2023

We hope you have a very merry Christmas!

Wishing you all the best for the new year!

11/29/2023

Excited to do some learning and teaching in San Diego!

11/23/2023

We are so very thankful to have such amazing clients and horses. Thank you for entrusting us with their care.

We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

11/19/2023

Meet Our New Vets: Dr. Laura Parisio-Wood

Dr. Laura Parisio-Wood grew up in the Hudson Valley region of New York State. She completed a bachelor's degree in Biology with a minor in Equine Studies from Alfred University in NY, before crossing the pond to receive her veterinary degree from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, England. Following graduation, she participated in internship programs at Rhinebeck Equine in NY State and The New Jersey Equine Clinic in central NJ. She considers preventative health care to be central to her role as a veterinarian and considers dentistry to be an essential component of a horse's wellbeing. Dr. Parisio has been incorporating dentistry into her practice for over a decade, fine-tuning her skills and continuing to learn through the many advances in this field. Outside of professional life, Dr. Parisio is busy raising two very active children with her husband Tom; she enjoys cooking, exploring the outdoors and spending time with family and friends. She is looking forward to serving the equine community in this beautiful part of New England.

11/19/2023

Meet Our New Vets: Dr. Andrea Basque

Originally from Concord, Ma, Dr. Andrea Basque grew up competing, showing and caring for horses in the Greater Boston area. She attended Villanova University for her undergraduate degree and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 2021. Dr. Basque completed a yearlong internship in equine medicine at a medical and surgical facility in Western Colorado where she discovered a special interest in dentistry. Following completion, Dr. Basque returned home to practice as an ambulatory equine veterinarian and is excited to put her dentistry skills into practice. In her spare time, Dr. Basque enjoys downhill skiing with her husband, Kevin, traveling, hiking and riding when her schedule allows.

11/19/2023

We wanted to share with you some exciting news for the coming months, we are fortunate to have TWO stellar equine veterinarians joining us starting in December! Dr. Andrea Basque and Dr. Laura Parisio will both be seeing patients on scheduled days. Both have been referring dental cases to us in their general practice roles for several years now, and we are thrilled that they will be shifting gears and focusing on providing great dental care to NEVDS patients and clients in the coming months.

We are so happy they are joining our team! It is very exciting to see equine veterinarians recognize the difference that great dental care makes to our patients and want to do more to help these horses. We truly believe that a team approach to equine health care is the best for the horses and the humans in their lives and are excited for the future.

As always, please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions, and we will see you soon!

Wishing you all the best for the winter season,

Leah Limone DVM, DAVDC-Equine
Board Certified Equine Veterinary Dentist™

Kim Allshouse DVM
Associate Veterinarian

11/11/2023

Happy Veterans Day to all that have served! We appreciate you.

11/05/2023

We have NEWS!!!! Stay tuned for more, will be announcing this week. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

10/31/2023

Happy Halloween! We hope you get more treats than tricks today!

Have a safe and spooktacular night! (Off the horse of course!)

10/29/2023

Dr. Limone and Dr. Allshouse traveled to Louisville this week for the Veterinary Dental Forum! This is an annual convention for veterinarians interested in and specialized in dentistry not just for horses, but all animals. Dr. Allshouse and Dr. Clapp (Upper Valley Equine in VT) are both residents working toward specialty board certification and both did a fabulous job presenting at this meeting. 🐎🦷🤓

10/18/2023

Very thankful to have such an amazing team supporting NEVDS! We couldn’t do what we do without the hard work from Kariel, Chris, and Shaylah. They keep NEVDS running smoothly!

Be extra kind to all vet techs, assistants, and veterinary staff this week and always!

10/13/2023

Background Equine odontoclastic tooth resorption and hypercementosis (EOTRH) is being increasingly recognised as a painful and debilitating condition in some affected horses, that can produce pain o...

09/02/2023

Honored to be in Lexington KY for OEPS as a speaker and teaching a lab. This weekend sealed the deal for me to go into equine practice back as a vet student in 2005. So excited to get to know these vet students and show them how amazing equine practice can be! 🐎

07/04/2023

Happy birthday, America! Wishing everyone a fun and safe July 4th!

06/18/2023

Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing dads in our lives!

06/14/2023

Just like our case of the month! 🐎

06/13/2023

It’s time for our case of the month!! This month we have the first of a two part case!

This is a 19 year old warmblood mare that presented to her primary veterinarian for a left sided nasal discharge. Diagnostic tests were performed and while things were ruled out, an etiology wasn’t able to be determined. At that point, she was placed on antibiotics for her sinusitis, but showed little improvement. She was then referred to NEVDS for further evaluation.

During her oral exam, it noticed that there was a small diastema, or space, between her las two left molars. After thoroughly cleaning out this space, Dr. Limone discovered that there was a tiny tract. A radiopaque probe was fed through the tract and radiographs confirmed that it did in fact extend approximately 2 inches!! This demonstrates the importance of a thorough examination with sedation and an adequate light source. These tiny things can cause some very big problems. This is also a great example of why early treatment of periodontal disease and annual to biannual sedated oral exams are imperative to keeping our senior horses healthy and happy!

We have a plan to extract the affected tooth and flush her sinus. Stay tuned for an update!

05/14/2023

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms out there, fur moms included! Enjoy your special day!

03/25/2023

Case of the Month!!

Teeth sometimes do some crazy things! This is a 7 year old Andalusian mare. Her primary veterinarian noticed an abnormal tooth, and this horse had consistently had bitting discomfort. NEVDS was contacted and Dr. Limone went out to evaluate her. The tooth in question was located about halfway between the normal anatomical location of the right upper wolf tooth and canine, and directly interfering with the bit. It appeared to be either a dysplastic canine or a molarized wolf tooth. No other wolf teeth or canines were present.

Radiographs showed that the tooth root was directed almost sideways into the maxillary bone. While we don’t normally recommend extraction of normal canines or wolf teeth without reason, the abnormal location and the angulation of this tooth indicated extraction to prevent continuing discomfort in the bridle.

This tooth was tricky to access because of the location and direction of the root, and this extraction was done standing with a surgical approach to ensure complete removal of the reserve crown and root. This mare is now back to her regular training regime and feeling much better without having that rogue tooth.

03/20/2023

Happy first day of spring!

03/17/2023

Top o’ the morning and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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03/12/2023

Happy Daylight Savings Time!

Who else is excited to have some extra daylight at the barn?!

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Topsfield, MA
01983

Telephone

+19785009293

Website

http://www.nevds.com/

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Absolutely nothing. He is loving life and happy grazing. The only thing that is different about him is that he has had all incisors extracted due to EOTRH. Oh, and he also is missing half of his tongue due to a pasture accident (occurred a year after incisor extractions). It took him a little time to figure out how to use what he has, but we think he has it down and looks great. Moral of the story: horses do just fine post extraction, even missing a tongue!