Dentistry
2 April 2024
SIR Periodontal staging system
17 April 2023
Small ponies & donkeys also need dental treatments
An equine who isn't ridden or isn't doing anything else than grazing still requires dental care. He or she can also for sure develop a malocclusion (front or back hooks for example), can also for sure get caries or break a tooth, can also have difficulties to shed at a young age or have a loose tooth when getting old, can also have sharp enamel points damaging his/her cheeks, or even develop a dental related sinusitis...
4 April 2023
The use of mirror versus dental scope in dental examination
The sensitivity of the dental camera (scope) examination is several times higher than that of the mirror examination for all diagnosed conditions.
31 March 2023
Why is a sedation essential?
A thorough mouth examination and/or dental treatment constitute a very unnatural procedure for horses. The intravenously administered medication makes your horse less anxious and tense and allows us to treat your horse safely and accurately.
27 March 2023
Why a vet - but not a tech ?
Equine dentistry has developed rapidly recently and is now undoubtedly a part of equine medicine. The veterinary degree is therefore a basic requirement.
22 March 2023
Standard treatment
The importance of healthy and functioning horse teeth is still often underestimated. Horses, like us, can develop dental problems and here too, prevention is better than cure.
17 March 2023
PPID/Cushing
The relationship between PPID and your horse's mouth. From a dental perspective, PPID increases the horse's risk of periodontitis, excessive tooth mobility and the risk of sinusitis.
10 March 2023
Quidding
Quidding is a chewing malfunction that can be caused by several affections. Basically, the horse loses or spits balls of semi-chewed food stuffs out of its mouth.
5 March 2023
Wolf teeth in horses
Wolf teeth are rudimentary molars found in a portion of our horses
1 June 2022
Wat als je paard een ontstoken tand heeft?
Article in Dutch
1 May 2022
Help, mijn paard heeft een spleetje tussen zijn tanden ...
Article in Dutch
1 March 2022
Het Gebitsonderzoek
Article in Dutch
31 January 2022
Welkom in de wondere wereld van de paardentanden
Article in Dutch
27 January 2022
The nonsense and risks of creating so-called 'bitseats' in horses.
'Bitseats' or the (extreme) shortening and rounding of (part of) the first molars is neither harmless nor scientifically proven.
4 October 2021
World Animal Day & The race to the bottom
About the use of unhealthy breeding mares in the equine reproduction.
30 April 2021
Tooth extraction in horses in 2021
Molar extractions 20 years ago were done almost exclusively under general anesthesia and via an (external) surgical approach. In 2021, this is still only necessary in very exceptional cases. As a result, the risk of complications has been drastically decreased (Caramello et al. 2020).
31 March 2021
External trauma as a cause of equine dental developmental disorder
This case illustrates how a traumatic impact to the head of a young horse can lead to complex dental pathology. Horses in general - and young horses in group housing in particular - can easily injure themselves or each other. The impact of these traumas ranges from harmless to fatal
28 February 2021
Extraction of a broken canine on a horse
When a canine tooth is removed, a mucoperiostal flap is usually created, after which a portion of the surrounding alveolar bone is removed. When the tooth has been prepared free and sufficiently mobilized, it can be removed.
2 June 2021
Developmental Disorders in Equine Dentition
June 4, 2021: Wouter Demey's lecture about Developmental Disorder in Equine Dentition during the (virtual) 29th European Congress of Veterinary Dentistry