17 July 2024

AAN DE TAND GEVOELD SERIES - HippoTV/Plattelands TV

24 November 2023

911! It's an emergency!

An article advising you on the (un)urgency of a particular situation and what to do in each case.

6 July 2023

BIT FITTING SERIES (Dutch)

Equide has created a series of short videos/audios to give you the best advice on the horse's bit and bridle, to avoid injury as much as possible, offer maximum comfort to your horse and therefore communicate more harmoniously with him/her.

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...

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.

20 September 2021

Booklet: common bit and bridle related lesions in horses - bitfitting

New creation: an A4 booklet on the most common injuries related to bits and bridles and a lot of advice on correct bit-fitting.

30 June 2021

Bit- and bridle-related injuries in the ridden horse - Part 2

The first part of this article was an overview of the normal anatomy and the most common 'bit-related injuries' in our horses. In addition to a good inspection of the oral cavity and diagnosis of these typical injuries, it is of course essential to be able to give the owner well-founded advice.

31 May 2021

Bit- and bridle-related injuries in the ridden horse - Part 1

Bit- and bridle-related injuries (further abbreviated as "bit injuries") in our horses are common findings during routine dental checkups.

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).

25 April 2021

POSTER: Common bit and bridle related lesions in horses

Equide, in partnership with Vetrident (Dierenarts Stijn Teysen) and supported by the NCED , has recently published a poster (size A0) listing common bit and bridle related injuries.