Northeast Equine Veterinary Dental Services

10/13/2025

If you see Kariel, Shaylah, or Mora this week, please wish them a happy National Veterinary Technician Week!

Our assistants have an important job helping to keep our patients, doctors, and owners safe during dental procedures. They work hard at keeping us organized, maintaining the equipment, and swooping in with words of affirmation for our more nervous equines. These three are an integral part of the team and NEVDS wouldn’t be the same without them!

09/26/2025

Dr. Allshouse presented at the Veterinary Dental Forum, this year in San Antonio! She and Dr Limone spent a day with their fellow veterinary dental colleagues hearing about the latest and greatest advances in equine veterinary dentistry. Always a great learning opportunity and a fun way to connect with like-minded friends and colleagues. Until next year! 🐎🤓🦷🩺🤠

09/16/2025

This little guy supervised the NEVDS team during his buddy’s extraction at our clinic. His owner made sure to bring a stool so he could catch all the action!

We understand that many clients have two bonded horses at home and leaving someone alone for the day can be stressful. With some prior planning, we can save a stall for a travel buddy. We strive to keep trips to the clinic as low stress as possible for our patients and their companions.

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09/01/2025

Wishing everyone a safe and relaxing Labor Day!

09/01/2025

We had a great time at meeting enthusiastic veterinary students and sharing our knowledge about equine dentistry! 🦷🐴🩺

08/30/2025

Dr. Allshouse and Dr. Frazier are in Kentucky this weekend representing NEVDS at the Opportunities in Equine Practice Seminar. The OEPS event hosts third year veterinary students interested in career options in equine veterinary medicine.

Dr. Allshouse and Dr. Frazier will be assisting with labs teaching oral examination skills and odontoplasty (floating) techniques. We are excited to share our passion for dental care with so many dedicated veterinary students!

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08/01/2025

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07/04/2025

Happy 4th of July!

06/21/2025

Sun’s out tongues out ☀️ Happy first day of summer from some of our patients!

Each of these horses has undergone extractions to remove incisors that were uncomfortable due to EOTRH. EOTRH is a syndrome in older horses that results in resorption of the incisors and canine teeth, occasionally involving cheek teeth as well. As the body resorbs the affected teeth, they can become infected, abscess, or fracture. There is no effective treatment to halt the resorptive process of the affected teeth. Luckily we can help these horses to be pain-free by extracting the affected teeth. Horses adjust very well after these extractions and are still able to graze, grab hay, and chew normally.

We love seeing our patients comfortable and showing off their new smiles!

05/09/2025

The NEVDS team traveled to Martha’s Vineyard this week to provide veterinary dental care to horses on the island. We had a great time meeting new people and seeing familiar faces from our last trip! 🐴🩺🦷⚓️

04/03/2025

The photos shown are from an 18 month old Quarter horse gelding. This horse presented to his primary care veterinarian for a firm left sided facial swelling. Within two months the swelling had doubled in size, at which point he was referred to NEVDS. During his oral exam, Dr. Limone discovered that his first lower right premolar was abnormal. Radiographs revealed that the deciduous (baby) tooth was present, but where there should have been a tooth bud for a developing adult tooth, there was an abnormal area displacing the mandibular cortical bone.

A plan for extraction and biopsy was made. The tooth was extracted without incident and the abnormal tissue was submitted for evaluation. Evaluation of the biopsy revealed an ameloblasoma - a type of oral tumor. This form of neoplasia can grow rapidly and damage nearby tissues, such as bone. Fortunately, this type of tumor has a low rate of metastasis.

This horse will have an oral exam every 6 months moving forward to ensure recurrence is identified quickly if it occurs. This case demonstrates the importance of oral exams in young horses even if they’ve never seen a bit. There are a lot of things that can go wrong in a young horse’s mouth!! Luckily this guy had an astute owner and primary care veterinarian who took quick and decisive steps to get him treatment. Everyone here at NEVDS is keeping fingers crossed that another surgery isn’t needed for our young friend. 🤞🤞🤞