Cavities In Horse Teeth- A Need For Equine Dentistry?
Posted by Geoff Tucker on Mon, Jul 06, 2009
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Cavities do occur in horses, but they usually resolve by themselves either by self repair or a piece of tooth breaks off with no harm to the horse. There are some equine dentists "filling" horse cavities saying that the horse will live on average 5 additional years because of the treatment. This is just a play on your emotions based on your fear of cavities in your own mouth. Just as a reminder, these are HORSE teeth and not HUMAN teeth. They are completely different. Since 1983 I have not had 1 horse come to me with a complaint of a cavity causing him not to eat or causing any other issue. Filling cavities is Drama. Won't happen here in my practice.
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