Northeast Equine Veterinary Dental Services

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. 🤞🤞🤞

03/19/2025

Foaling season is here! Our friend Linus is helping demonstrate that foals are born without incisors. Foals’ deciduous, AKA baby, incisors erupt in stages over the first 6 months of life. From the age of 2 ½ to 4 ½, horses develop their permanent incisors and lose their baby incisors as the larger adult teeth take their place.

Foals have 12 cheek teeth, just half of the 24 cheek teeth they will have as an adult. Over the next few years of life, horses will wear through their deciduous cheek teeth and erupt adult teeth in their place. During this time, horses will also develop their adult molars to give them a full complement of 24 cheek teeth. There are no “baby” molars, so no deciduous teeth are shed as young horses erupt their molars.

Baby Linus is 13 now and very proud to show that he has made a beautiful set of adult teeth!

03/04/2025

Dr. Limone & Dr. Frazier had a great time teaching dental examination skills to Tufts veterinary students at Ocean State Equine’s clinical skills lab this past weekend. A big thank you to Ocean State Equine, Dr. Becky Ruemmler, and Whitney Fernandes from BI for coordinating this great opportunity for students to practice important clinical skills! 🐴🦷🩺.

02/11/2025

Baby season is here! Check out this free webinar tomorrow hosted by AAEP with important tips for a successful foaling season.

Are you foal-ready?

This Wednesday, join AAEP member veterinarians Drs. Chelsea Folmar & Taylor Huffman for a webinar discussion that will help you prepare for the foaling season. Learn how to create a foaling kit, the timeline of parturition (foaling), and how to recognize when veterinary intervention is needed.

Registration is FREE but required. A recording of the webinar will be available if you miss the live event.

Register here: https://events.zoom.us/ev/Ats8dN0E2JxrJYoBUPKU7BW_HtYcwxW988ZYvpWRruqNFu98_uws~AnoL_ZTlIx2iZDbk457AKzpEPWgwMyM1m36OoJWUUyiXJPOgKi4PHJJYdQ

This informative session is brought to you by the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee.

12/05/2024

Lucky to have such a stellar patient! Riding To The Top Therapeutic Riding Center

10/15/2024

We are so excited for Dr Frazier to join our team, and we are also so thankful to have such amazing colleagues near and far that support each other. Team work makes the dream work, thank you to everyone at Ocean State Equine Associates for being a class act and always a pleasure to work with.

We would like to share some news with our clients that Dr. Frazier will be leaving our practice for an exciting opportunity in dentistry. While we are sad to see her go, we are thrilled that she will be following her passion for equine dentistry full time. Over the years, Dr. Frazier has been a wonderful part of our team, caring for your horses with the utmost dedication and compassion. We know that many of you have developed a great relationship with Dr. Frazier and that she will be missed by so many!

We will ensure a smooth transition for any patients that already had appointments scheduled with Dr. Frazier to another veterinarian on our team.

A message from Dr. Kate Frazier:

It’s bittersweet for me to announce that I will leaving OSEA
to pursue a focus in equine dentistry. I have appreciated the opportunity to work with so many amazing people and horses during my time at OSEA. Thank you for a fun and always interesting 5 years!

Please join us in wishing Dr. Frazier all the best in her new venture!

10/15/2024

We have NEWS!!! Our team continues to grow to meet the needs of our clients, patients, and referring veterinary practices. We are thrilled that Dr. Kate Frazier is joining us here at NEVDS to focus on dental practice! Check out her bio at nevds.com and please help us give her a warm welcome! 🐎🦷🩺

09/03/2024

We are so proud to sponsor and attend the Opportunities in Equine Practice Seminar (OEPS) again this year!

A little background on OEPS and why it is important to us to sponsor and attend: OEPS is the leading student forum in equine veterinary medicine. This seminar provides funding for travel and hotel for 3rd year veterinary students to go to Lexington Kentucky. Over the long weekend, they learn about a wide range of career opportunities within equine practice, and students get the chance to connect with practices from across the country to establish long term mentoring relationships with practitioners. With the current shortage of equine veterinarians, we are thrilled to continue encouraging veterinary students to pursue careers in equine practice and help them gain practical information for launching successful careers.

Dr. Allshouse presented on Opportunities in Equine Dentistry, and both she and Dr. Limone taught lab sessions both days introducing equine veterinary students to dental examinations, floating, and dental radiography. So exciting to be able to meet our future colleagues and show them what is possible in this profession!

07/07/2024

Some news from Team NEVDS, we wish Dr. Basque all the best as she is stepping down from her position at NEVDS to focus on her family. We are so grateful for her thoughtful care and kindness for our patients and clients, and look forward to welcoming her back in the future!

07/04/2024

We hope you have a safe and happy 4th of July!

05/27/2024

Happy Memorial Day!

Remember those who have fallen and made the ultimate sacrifice.

05/12/2024

Happy Mother’s Day!

04/22/2024

Happy Earth Day!

We hope you’re able to get outside and enjoy the sunshine!

03/24/2024

NEVDS was thrilled to host our first (hopefully of many to come!) Truck Day for equine veterinary students. Students from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine worked through cases with each practice, and got a taste of ambulatory practice and working in between the raindrops. We look forward to connecting more students and practitioners again soon!

A huge thank you is in order to a wonderful group of equine veterinarians and to our future equine veterinarians, and also to Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals for sponsoring the day!

Great Bay Equine
Black Brook Veterinary Services
Grand Prix Equine
North Bridge Equine Associates
Backstretch Veterinary Inc.

01/06/2024

So important!!! This post is a must read for those with middle age to older horses. 👌

01/01/2024

Wishing you all the best for the New Year!

We hope the coming year is wonderful in so many ways!

12/25/2023

We hope you have a very merry Christmas!

Wishing you all the best for the new year!