Clinical insights: Equine dentistry

Abstract

Equine dental research has made considerable progress over the past 20 years, providing a clearer understanding of the epidemiology of diseases affecting equine oral health. There have been great advances in dental surgery and medicine that have been complemented by simultaneous developments in the field of diagnostic imaging, and in particular computed tomography. The capacity to accurately diagnose, successfully treat and in some cases prevent disease of the equine oral cavity is increasing all the time.

Equine peripheral cemental defects and dental caries: Four case reports

“…A buffering system was installed in the water supply to reduce the acidity at the owner´s property. The water quality has recently been discussed in relation to equine peripheral caries in an editorial letter in Equine Veterinary Journal (Barnett 2019). Three years later, all the horses in the stable had normal peripheral cementum.…”

Avaliação de cáries, diastemas, microbioma bucal e pH da cavidade oral em equinos alimentados com alto teor de carboidratos solúveis na dieta

“…A cárie dentária é definida como uma desmineralização dos tecidos dentais inorgânicos calcificados, associada à destruição do seu componente orgânico (SOAMES; SOUTHAM, 2005;JACKSON et al, 2021). Tal desmineralização, ocorre pela presença de microrganismos orais, os quais possuem uma capacidade acidogênica que converte carboidratos rapidamente fermentáveis em ácidos e essa queda do pH oral, faz com que haja dano nos tecidos dentários (BARNETT, 2019;BORKENT et al, 2020). Em equinos, as cáries podem ser classificadas como infundibulares, localizadas nos infundíbulos dos dentes maxilares ou periféricas, localizadas no aspecto bucal, lingual e palatino dos dentes (DIXON, 2017;BORKENT et al, 2020).…”