On May 14, 2008, at 11:11 AM, susan cooper wrote: We are lucky in this area to have one of the premier equine dentists available for our horses. Dr. Scott Greene is not only an equine dental specialist, he is also the developer of dental power tools for horses.
Dr Greene has been our dentist for about 5 years now, and I learn something every year, generally something that my horses wish I had learned earlier! This year's lesson: it is a good idea to have the yearlings checked. Ellie arrived here last April, age 8 months, and was seen by our regular vet -- twice. No one noticed that her upper jaw had over grown her lower so that her upper incisors were blocking the lower jaw from growing forward. By the time Dr Greene saw her this March at our regular yearly visit, she had developed a severe over bite. He shortened both the top and bottom incisors and we are hoping that it will partially correct itself. If I had him out to check her last year . . . . And at age 18 months they both had hooks, etc that were causing sores in their mouths and needed floating. So it is never too early to get them checked out. (He examined Dancer at 8 months and said "see him next year".) Kat
