When discussing our dental health, we are familiar with commonly used terms such as plaque, cavity, or root canal. But discussing our horses' teeth can be a bit more confusing: Mesial. Occlusal ...

Equine dental filling — or endodontic treatment — is not performed as commonly in equines as in human dentistry, or in small animal dentistry, according to Professor Paddy Dixon, Professor of Equine ...

"We found that evolutionary changes in tooth anatomy lag behind the dietary changes by a million years or more." While paleontologists have long held horses as classic examples of evolution through ...

Dental extractions don’t always go according to plan, so the practitioner needs to be ready for potential complications before removing a tooth. A Pennyslvania practitioner recently described typical ...

When it comes to teeth, we have more in common with dogs and cats than we do with our horses. As brachydonts, our teeth have short crowns – the part that protrudes from the gum. But horses are ...

Dental problems are common in horses and can affect nearly every aspect of their daily life — from eating, grazing and maintaining body condition to performing comfortably under the saddle. Because ...

More than 3,000 years ago on the open steppes of Mongolia and eastern Eurasia, nomadic herders were experimenting with equine dentistry. However, the practice did a lot more than just alleviate horses ...