This article is written exclusively for qualified veterinarians – equine-only clinicians, mixed practitioners, and early-career vets – who are searching for equine dentistry courses to advance their clinical skills and confidence. If you are a…
This article is written exclusively for veterinarians – equine-only clinicians, mixed practitioners, and recent graduates – who are questioning the current state of equine dentistry and wondering whether they should play a bigger role in…
If you’ve ever finished a float and thought, “I hope I didn’t miss something important,” you’re not alone – and it’s not your fault. Across the profession, veterinarians tell us the same story: they want…
Most veterinarians graduate with less than four hours of equine dentistry training during their degree. A handful of lectures. Maybe one wet lab. Then they step into practice expected to diagnose pathology, sedate safely, and…
ANZCVS Membership is one of the most searched – and least clearly explained – postgraduate pathways in equine practice. Many veterinarians quietly ask the same question: is ANZCVS Membership actually worth it? Worth the time….
You’ve probably seen it dozens of times. A 7-year-old horse presents with a small hook on the distal edge of the upper corner incisor – 103 or 203. You reach for the float, maybe without…
You’ve probably seen it before. A horse with no obvious pathology, no fractures, no feed packing… and yet a cheek tooth is unexpectedly mobile. Or worse – already lost. We tend to blame the tooth….
You’ve got the horse sedated, the speculum in place, and your mirror positioned. There’s something off about the 109s. A dark, irregular patch inside the infundibulum. Is it cemental wear? A feed stain? Early caries?…
Somewhere along the way, “floating teeth” became code for “smooth them out.” I see it all the time. Perfectly flat arcades, sharp enamel points completely removed, and the veterinarian walking away thinking they’ve done the…
For decades, Galvayne’s Groove has been held up as a standard reference point for aging horses by their teeth – taught in vet schools, shared among practitioners, and repeated in textbooks without much question. But…