UK's first and largest Specialist equine veterinary dentistry practice. Referrals from vets and equine dental technicians welcome.
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All advanced and routine dental procedures, referrals, head and sinus surgery, CT scanner. The Equine Dental Clinic Ltd is Europe's first veterinary practice dedicated to general, advanced and referral equine dentistry. Chris Pearce MRCVS founded the practice in 2012 to offer high quality services in equine dentistry to horse owners, vets and dental technicians. Services range from routine examina
tions and rasping to advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques in standing horses, cavity restorations and root canal therapy. Chris is joined by Nicole du Toit MRCVS, another officially recognised Specialist in Equine Dentistry, and by Nicky Brooks MRCVS an experienced dental vet in training to become a specialist. We are the only practice in the world to be 100% dedicated to equine dentistry and to have 2 Board Certified Specialist dental vets - if your horse, pony or donkey has a dental problem, chances are we are going to be able to help. Chris Pearce BVSc CertEM CertES Dipl.EVDC BAEDT MRCVS
European Veterinary Specialist in Equine Dentistry
Chris has considerable experience in the field of equine dentistry. In 2001 he became the first veterinary surgeon in the UK to also become a member of the British Association of Equine Dental Technicians (BAEDT). Since then Chris has become increasingly involved in equine dentistry at all levels - he has lectured for BEVA* in equine dentistry since 2003, been an examiner for BEVA/BAEDT since 2004, was chairman of the examining committee in 2010, a member of BEVA Council for 6 years from 2006, won the Pet Plan Equine Vet of the Year in 2011 for services to equine dentistry, and continues to lecture internationally on equine veterinary dentistry. Nicole du Toit BVSc CertEP MSc PhD DipEVDC DipAVDC MRCVS is a recognised Specialist in Equine Dentistry, with a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. and Diplomas from both the European and American Boards in Equine Dentistry. Nicole has published widely on equine dentistry and experience at all levels particulary in sinus disorders, challenging extractions and of course donkey dentistry (her PhD subject). Our third specialist is Richard Reardon BVetMed(hons) MVM PhD CertES(orth) DipECVS(LA) DipEVDC(EQ) MRCVS. Richard has European diplomas in equine dentistry (EVDC*) and surgery (ECVS**) and a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Glasgow; he has published over 50 articles in these areas. He worked for nearly 10 years at the University of Edinburgh as a surgeon where he jointly ran the soft tissue surgery and dental services with Professor Paddy Dixon for many years. Richard has much experience in advanced equine dentistry and sinus surgery, which he has lectured on internationally. He has a keen interest in developing practical techniques to improve advanced dentistry (particularly extractions) and in helping to educate veterinarians interested in advanced dentistry. Chris and Nicole operate The Equine Dental Clinic from a dedicated dental clinic in Dorset, as well as running specialist clinics at a number of equine hospitals and clinics all over the UK and increasingly in Europe. Richard operates mostly around Scotland and the North of England. We perform all advanced oral, dental and head surgical techniques, using mostly minimally
Invasive techniques as well as preservation of equine teeth by novel restorative and endodontic methods. Thanks for reading!
*BEVA British Equine Veterinary Association
*EVDC = European Veterinary Dental College
**ECVS = European College of Veterinary Surgeons
18/07/2025
Always so interesting to find abnormalities when we use our standing CT scanner to investigate sinus and nasal disorders - many of these cases have had months (or even years) of nasal smell, discharge and it so interesting and rewarding to find the abnormalities and then investigate with trans-nasal endoscopy and sinus endoscopy and see exactly what was on the CT - our CT is known as a 40-slice fan-beam CT scanner giving excellent quality images in a short scan time - one of our best (and largest) investments!
17/07/2025
..and the debate continues! Should we use antibiotics routinely for equine dental extractions??
Want to see what we do here at Equine Dental Clinic? As well as a busy first opinion routine dentistry practice we are most well known for our advanced and specialist-led referral work - here’s a glimpse into a day in the life of our referral team in our purpose built equine dental clinic - don’t forget to click to subscribe to more of our content on YouTube 🙏
Another day helping horses at our new clinic in Wimborne St Giles in Dorset - have a great weekend everyone :) ...
10/07/2025
Specialist Chris and nurse Jess have chosen a great day for a referral trip to the Isle of Wight, meanwhile it’s double trouble for Jane in EDC Team Routine (inset)!
09/07/2025
Referral case this morning - who can spot 6 problems here?
08/07/2025
A very warm welcome to our new vet Matt Holland!
Matt has recently joined us from a local equine practice and over the past few years has become determined to follow a career in specialist equine dentistry. It’s great to find a young vet with such a strong interest and determination to follow a specific career path and we are delighted to welcome Matt to the team.
Matt, along with our other dental vets who work primarily out on the road performing quality routine dentistry (Jane, Nicola and Matas), will be working towards becoming a specialist in equine dentistry, eventually joining our existing specialists Chris, Nicole and Richard.
Official recognised specialist status does not come easy and takes years of structured learning and one on one training. Our vets Jane and Nicola are already in their second year out of five of specialist training. Matt is currently enrolled and working towards his RCVS Advanced Practitioner status in equine dentistry and we are delighted that we will be guiding him on his journey towards full specialist. We wish him every success at EDC!
04/07/2025
Excellent paper published here by our friends and colleagues from Belgium - and the results are maybe not what you think…
Sedation for dentistry, dental technicians and collaboration.
Yesterday we posted a short reel of a referral case kindly referred to us from a general equine veterinary practice - the reel showed a deep ulcer on the horse’s tongue and demonstrated the value of sedation in such cases by giving the horse a relaxed and comfortable experience, helping with (and essential for) the diagnosis and treatment of the condition.
It’s important to give some context to that post which was not explained in the text. While our approach to dentistry includes sedation to ensure a relaxed and comfortable experience for the horse, and is essential for referral cases, we deeply value the important role that trained and qualified equine dental technicians (EDTs) play in equine dental care, and we fully respect the skill and dedication that properly trained and qualified EDTs bring to their work. We very much see our role as specialist dental vets as complementary to this, a collaboration. There is no question that the general dental health in the UK is far superior to that in many other countries and we believe this is due to both well trained dental vets and qualified EDTs (from both BAEDT and WWAED) working together.
This collaboration ultimately benefits horses and we are always open to working together in ways that support everyone involved. Our dental health campaign ‘No Pain Check Again’, which will run again later this year, produced in collaboration with the BHS, highlighted this approach and referenced the importance of both vets and EDTs in supporting equine welfare through good dentistry and sending a message that regular check ups and good routine dentistry are key to long term dental health.
The message from the reel yesterday was in no way meant to undermine the value of this collaboration or diminish the respect that we have for fully trained and qualified EDTs in the UK and the role they play in keeping horses in optimum dental health.
[It’s also important to recognise and underststand that EDTs are not legally permitted to sedate horses (sedatives and other licensed medicines must only be administered by a vet)]
02/07/2025
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Picture just for interest (208 check tooth with palatal and buccal fractures)
02/07/2025
So important to thoroughly check everywhere! Sedation = relaxed tongue = thorough examination
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The Equine Dental Clinic Ltd is Europe's first veterinary practice dedicated to general, advanced and referral equine dentistry. Chris Pearce MRCVS founded the practice in 2012 to offer high quality services in equine dentistry to horse owners, vets and dental technicians.
Services range from routine examinations and rasping to advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques in standing horses, cavity restorations and root canal therapy.
Chris is joined by Nicole du Toit MRCVS, another officially recognised Specialist in Equine Dentistry, and by Nicky Brooks MRCVS an experienced dental vet in training to become a specialist. We are the only veterinary practice in the world to be 100% dedicated to equine dentistry and to have 2 Board Certified Specialist dental vets - if your horse, pony or donkey has a dental problem, chances are we are going to be able to help.
Referrals from vets and equine dental technicians welcome.
Chris Pearce BVSc CertEM(IntMed) CertES(SoftTissue) Dipl.EVDC(Equine) BAEDT MRCVS
European Veterinary Specialist in Equine Dentistry
Chris has considerable experience in the field of equine dentistry. In 2001 he became the first veterinary surgeon in the UK to also become a member of the British Association of Equine Dental Technicians (BAEDT). Since then Chris has become increasingly involved in equine dentistry at all levels - he has lectured for BEVA* in equine dentistry since 2003, been an examiner for BEVA/BAEDT since 2004, was chairman of the examining committee in 2010, a member of BEVA Council for 6 years from 2006, won the Pet Plan Equine Vet of the Year in 2011 for services to equine dentistry, and continues to lecture internationally on equine veterinary dentistry. Chris is a member of the BAEDT, and a founding committee member of the EVDA.
Nicole du Toit BVSc CertEP MSc PhD DipEVDC(Equine) DipAVDC MRCVS is a recognised Specialist in Equine Dentistry, with a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, and Diplomas from both the European and American Boards in Equine Dentistry. Nicole is recognised worldwide for her many scientific publications in equine dentistry, and has experience at all levels particularly in sinus disorders, challenging extractions and of course donkey dentistry (her PhD subject).
Nicky Brooks MA VetMB CertAVP(EP) CertAVP(EquineDentistry) BAEDT MRCVS is an advanced dental vet with post graduate veterinary certification in equine dentistry from the RCVS. Nicky is a member of the British Association of Equine Dental Technicians, and is on a pathway to becoming a specialist here at EDC. Nicky performs much of the routine dentistry performed by the practice, as well as some of the extractions and restorative cases.
The Equine Dental Clinic mainly operates from a dedicated dental clinic in Dorset, but also from a number of equine hospitals and clinics all over the UK and increasingly in Europe. We perform all advanced oral, dental and head surgical techniques, with our particular interest and specialty being preservation of equine teeth by novel restorative and endodontic methods.
Thanks for reading!
*BEVA - British Equine Veterinary Association
* BAEDT - British Association of Equine Dental Technicians
