Equine Services

EQUINE DENTISTRY

Equine Dentistry is an extension of veterinary medicine and surgery that maintains equine (horse, pony, mule, etc.) dental health by:

• Comprehensive dental examinations; most require mild sedation
  
• Normal Molar adjustments (Teeth Floating)
  
• Reduction of protuberant crown formations (hooks, ramps, beaks, and points), and incisor malocclusions (overbite, under bite
  
• Extraction of Wolf Teeth and ‘baby teeth’ that have failed to shed when appropriate
  
• Extraction of damaged/disease teeth
  
• Providing professional assistance in nutritional/body condition, and bit performance
  

Signs of possible dental problems in your horse include:

• Oral pain or irritation
  
• Losing feed, difficulty chewing, excessive salivation
  
• Undigested grain in the manure
  
• Resisting or mouthing the bit
  
• Loss of, or failure to maintain body condition
  
• Foul odor and discharge from mouth or nostrils
  
• Swollen face, jaw or gums
  
• Recurring colic
  

Call Grace Animal Hospital today to schedule an examination of your horse.