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

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

Wouter Demey will be giving a lecture about Developmental Disorder in Equine Dentition, this 4th of June 2021 during the (virtual) 29th European Congress of Veterinary Dentistry - European Veterinary Dental Forum.