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For the Good of the Horse and Rider

                     Some Common Dental Disorders      3  

Text Box: Text Box: Text Box: All Pictures Are Copyright WEDS Ltd. Text Box: ou will find below pictures that clearly show dental defects which can have far reaching effects on your horse or pony’s health, longevity of his/her dentition and way of going. Even subtle malocclusions can set up a process of deterioration which in the long term will cause difficulty in maintaining condition and or lead to riding problems especially in the sensitive or highly trained horse or pony. As before please click on the picture to enlarge and the buttons to navigate. Horse trottingHorse trotting

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Text Box: Incisors Text Box: Overbite (not Parrot Mouth) MAL2 + DGL3 Text Box: Diagonal or Slant mouth DGL4 Text Box: Parrot Mouth MAL2 Text Box: Under shot or Sow Mouth MAL3 Text Box: Smile Ventral Curvature CV Text Box: Cribber Text Box: Missing O & Fractured FX Text Box: Retained Cap RD Text Box: Malformed Incisor Text Box: Supernumerary

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Text Box: Dorsal Curvature CD Text Box: Wry Bite WRY Text Box:

NB. It is currently illegal for any person other than a veterinary surgeon to administer any sedative drug or other medication, (unless by prescription),  including Bute, ACP gels or tablets to animals or carry out procedures deemed to be acts of veterinary surgery in the pursuance of their business.

All advanced dental procedures shown in this website are carried out with the

full co-operation and assistance/supervision of the attending veterinary surgeon.
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