05/10/2024
We have some amazing young people coming through the program designed to do right by the horse, not just make our job easy. The use of hand tools and focus on the proper dental alignment for each horse as an individual to allow proper range of motion and suppleness to the TMJ and promote proper neuromuscular function through the whole body which then allows for proper proprioception for the horse in movement..
In equine practice, teeth corrections by means of motorized grinding systems are standard procedure. The heat resulting from that treatment may cause irreparable damage to the dental pulp. It has been shown that a 5.5°C temperature rise may cause severe destruction in pulp cells. Hence, the capability to continuously form secondary dentine is lost, and may lead, due to equine-typical occlusal tooth abrasion, to an opening of the pulp cavity.!!!
The heat from power tools used in equine dentistry, needs to be more spoken about and the fact it will definitely contribute to cavities in horses, the teeth being more prone to fractures and early periodontal disease…..
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