AEDP Australian Equine Dental Practice Photo Album Page

<body> <dl> <dt> title=AEDP Australian Equine Dental Practice Album Page Written and designed by Peter Borgdorff<br> <a href="http://www.horsecalendar.com/Index.html">All about equine dentistry.</a></dt> </dl> <h1> Album Page</h1> <b>Your browser cannot view frames.</b> <p>Unfortunately, this site is not designed to be viewed by your current browser. <br>To load a better browser please visit:<a href="http://home.netscape.com/comprod/mirror/index.html">Netscape</a> <br>If you are unable to use a frame enabled browser <b>you may access the main pages below</b> <br>We warn you that you may not see all the links on these pages properly but hope you enjoy your visit anyway. <ul> <h2> <a href="http://www.horsecalendar.com/Frame2MainPage.html">MainPage</a></h2> <h2> <a href="http://www.horsecalendar.com/Frame2KidsPage.html">KidsPage</a></h2> <h2> <a href="http://www.horsecalendar.com/Frame2GuidePage.html">DentalGuide</a></h2> <h2> <a href="http://www.horsecalendar.com/Frame2AlbumPage.html">PhotoAlbum</a></h2> <h2> <a href="http://www.horsecalendar.com/Frame2BookShopPage.html">Bookshop</a></h2> <h2> <a href="http://www.horsecalendar.com/Frame2AssocPage.html">Associates</a></h2> <h2> <a href="http://www.horsecalendar.com/Frame2CareerPage.html">Career</a></h2> <h2> <a href="http://www.horsecalendar.com/Frame2CalendarPage.html">HorseCalender</a></h2> <h2> <a href="http://www.horsecalendar.com/Frame2BookPage.html">Bookings</a></h2> <h2> <a href="http://www.horsecalendar.com/Frame2ContactPage.html">ContactUs</a></h2> <h2> <a href="http://www.horsecalendar.com/Frame2CopyPage.html">MainPage</a></h2> </ul> Australian Equine Dental Practice TM © Peter Borgdorff 1984-2001 ® the DENTAL cross logo is a registered Trade Mark <p>About the photo album The album shows pictures which have been taken from dental treatment records to give you an impression of what dental ailments are prevalent in the horse. The information with the pictures has been put in plain language and is only a summary. I recommend you click on the small images to see the enlargements. Disease surrounding the teeth (periodontitis) - 22 year old stallion case 87 This horse suffered severe colic due to the inability to chew its feed properly and was found to have developed extensive disease around molar teeth as a direct result of the impaction of feed between teeth. Scaling on the canines -12 year old gelding case 37 Although not a serious condition, the build-up of scaling can be a concern as it affects the health of the gums below. The gums under this scaling and around the canine have become inflamed and swollen, gingivitis was the result. It is rare that this causes tooth loss. Absent and displaced incisors -age unknown gelding Exactly what caused the injury to this horses mouth is not known. It is likely to have happened around 5-7 years of age and caused the loss of 2 lower incisors. Other teeth have grown to different lengths and in different directions due to mismatching. Parrotmouth -2 year old filly and 1 year old gelding case 34 In horses which have a shortened lower jaw, both the molar (back teeth) and incisor teeth (front teeth do not match . As the teeth continue to grow and wear, this overlap can have severe consequences for the horse. It is important to realize some of the teeth are not worn down evenly. Extreme wave mouth/step mouth -aged mare case 963 Chewing feed would have been terribly painful for this horse. The mouth shows gross neglect by the owner in not seeking proper dental treatment years earlier. This horse had suffered considerable weight loss, was over 25 years old, required extensive treatment including several extractions. It was considered that this horse had suffered enough. Cases such as these are, sadly, very common as people wait until the last minute to seek professional care. Packing feed in the cheeks -15 year old gelding A common area where feed gets lodged is alongside the upper second cheek teeth (3rd premolars). Wild barley grass seeds sometimes form part of the problem. The packing of feed is made worse when the teeth are sharp and the horse has difficulty dislodging the feed with the tongue. If it persists it will lead to periodontal disease in the area. Disease around the third upper premolar causes it to be the most frequently extracted tooth of all permanent molars. Good molar wrong removal by inexpert person -circa 6 year old gelding This left lower last molar and the equivalent on the right were wrongly removed by a person who said the chewing surface was too high. In fact, other than the superficial decay evident on the crown, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this tooth that could not be corrected with a some effort. The message is: "Beware of the 'expert'". Stepmouth/periodontal disease -12 year old gelding case 48 This horse had 2 upper molars which had a relatively small extended 'notch' across them which caused feed to packed between opposing lower molar areas. Gingivitis developed into a disease which affected the entire socket of the 4 molars alonside where the feed was packed. All other teeth were normal. Shearbite of the incisors -cases 798 and 856 For want of a better term, I have called this condition shearmouth of the incisors as it is similar to molar shear bite . The incisors, unlike the molars, do not perform a grinding function but shearmouth can severely affect side-to-side movement of the incisors. The condition can be accompanied by molar shearmouth but is often due to a twisted front part of the upper or lower jaw. <dl> <dd> Peter Borgdorff, AEDP, Albury Wodonga, showjumping, NSW, Rex Thomson, Victoria, dentist, dental, digestive system, dressage, equestrian, equine, eventing, horse, health, driver, rider, horseback, horsecalendar, mouth, teeth, Melbourne, pony club, racing, Shepparton, Nederland, bit, © Peter Borgdorff 1984-2001, ® the DENTAL cross logo is a registered Trade Mark, AEDP, Albury Wodonga, Albury-Wodonga, associates, Aussie, dental cross logo, Australia, australian equine, Australian Equine Dental Practice, author, avenel, basics about equine dentistry, Bea Dijkstra, benalla, berwick, bookings, books, buy books, canine, caps, career as an equine dentist, Caulfield, cement, certificate, chaff, clinic, Cobram, correction, cranbourne, dates, decay, dental care, dentine, dentistry, diagrams, photos, digestive system, dressage, Drug Free Policy, enamel, equestrian centre, equine, equine dental technology, equine dentist, equine veterinary surgeon, euroa, eventing, extraction, filing, Flemington, Freedman, Friesian, Gary Rawlings, gingivitis, Goulburn Valley, grinding, gums, horse, horse calendar, horse care, horse dentistry, horse directory, horse driver, horse events, horse health, horse rider, horse teeth, horseback rider, horsecalendar, horseracing, horse's mouth, horses teeth, horse's teeth, horses teeth and their function, hunting, impacted feed, incisor, kids page, Knight, Land Down Under, lang lang, legal action, lilydale, locum, locum equine dentist, make bookings, melbourne, Merimbula, milkteeth, miniature, molar, filing, mornington, New South Wales, New York City, nl, numurkah, Oaklands, oats, Olympic Team, pacing, pakenham, PB Applause, periodontitis, Peter Borgdorff, Peter Lane, Pixie, pony club, qualified, racing, Randwick, regular care, Rex Thomson, sedatives, Seymour, shear mouth, Shepparton, showjumping, Singapore, South Coast, stables, step mouth, stratbogie, tatura, tatura veterinary clinic, the Netherlands, thoroughbred, trained, training, trotter, trotting, Uithoorn, understand the way a horses teeth work, university, victoria, victoria racing club, VRC, wangaratta, warmblood, werribee, wodonga, wolf tooth, wolftooth, Yarrawonga</dd> </dl> </body>