The Purpose of Floating Horse Teeth
Posted by Geoff Tucker on Sun, Jul 05, 2009
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Removal of the source of pain from the mouth of the horse is the primary purpose of equine dentistry. Most problems or pathology of the horse mouth are secondary to pain. An observation over my decades of floating is the alignment of the teeth after about 2 years of dental care. It is as if they were waring braces. In addition, often pathology including local gum infections resolve once the jaw and the tongue are allowed to move pain free.
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