*Spider*
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What an eventful evening! My poor baby boy!
My friend (trainee dentist) came out to have a look at his toothy pegs a few weeks ago and noticed messy mouth
He has really nice mouth conformation but it looks like he's never had his teeth done before. He also had a retained cap so I booked him in with her lecturer (fully qualified dentist) at my college (Hartpury).
The dentist has never had such a tricky tooth to take out!! His baby tooth (known as caps) was growing at a funny angle so had never fully errupted properly and was rock solid in his gums. His permanent incisor had however errupted, but errupted behind his cap and was growing towards his tongue. Because of the angle of the permanent tooth, it had wedged in the retained cap which was already had a mishaped root, growing at a funny angle. :roll:
Two doses of sedation, 6 people pinning down and an hour later Obie's tooth was out!
There was a massive cheer when it finally came out, so lucky that there were loads of people around on the yard to help. Obie is a really really chilled out horse, but he was literally throwing himself around in agony even after 2 doses of sedations! He nearly fell over and put all his weight on my foot... dear God it hurt! After his tooth was out, Obie genuinely looked dead, it was actually really horrible to see - he was so out of it!
To top it all off he had to be floated and rasped. Two large hooks, steps, waves etc. Also he has a rare growth on this molar where the cementum is abnormally growing. All the dentistry students were oo-ing and aah-ing. The lecturer had never seen it in person before - it's very rare. We had many photos being taken, and after the lecturer asked if she could use the pictures in her future lectures!
After dentist and vet left I stayed in Obie's stable for 2 solid hours. He was gone with the fairies, resting his head on me :love:. After he came around I went to Nandos with housemates (was worried sick whilst there) and when I came back I was greeted by a very alert pony waiting for his dinner!
Bless his heart, it took him so long to eat it, he's eating so carefully!
Think Obie will be called Gappy for a while tehehehe!
Obie is a 4.5 year old ID X TB and has NEVER had his teeth done, so the moral of the story is that if you have young horses, always have their teeth done regularly as Obie is undergoing a lot of dental work due to negligence... my poor bank balance
My friend (trainee dentist) came out to have a look at his toothy pegs a few weeks ago and noticed messy mouth
He has really nice mouth conformation but it looks like he's never had his teeth done before. He also had a retained cap so I booked him in with her lecturer (fully qualified dentist) at my college (Hartpury).The dentist has never had such a tricky tooth to take out!! His baby tooth (known as caps) was growing at a funny angle so had never fully errupted properly and was rock solid in his gums. His permanent incisor had however errupted, but errupted behind his cap and was growing towards his tongue. Because of the angle of the permanent tooth, it had wedged in the retained cap which was already had a mishaped root, growing at a funny angle. :roll:
Two doses of sedation, 6 people pinning down and an hour later Obie's tooth was out!
There was a massive cheer when it finally came out, so lucky that there were loads of people around on the yard to help. Obie is a really really chilled out horse, but he was literally throwing himself around in agony even after 2 doses of sedations! He nearly fell over and put all his weight on my foot... dear God it hurt! After his tooth was out, Obie genuinely looked dead, it was actually really horrible to see - he was so out of it!
To top it all off he had to be floated and rasped. Two large hooks, steps, waves etc. Also he has a rare growth on this molar where the cementum is abnormally growing. All the dentistry students were oo-ing and aah-ing. The lecturer had never seen it in person before - it's very rare. We had many photos being taken, and after the lecturer asked if she could use the pictures in her future lectures!
After dentist and vet left I stayed in Obie's stable for 2 solid hours. He was gone with the fairies, resting his head on me :love:. After he came around I went to Nandos with housemates (was worried sick whilst there) and when I came back I was greeted by a very alert pony waiting for his dinner!
Bless his heart, it took him so long to eat it, he's eating so carefully!
Think Obie will be called Gappy for a while tehehehe!
Obie is a 4.5 year old ID X TB and has NEVER had his teeth done, so the moral of the story is that if you have young horses, always have their teeth done regularly as Obie is undergoing a lot of dental work due to negligence... my poor bank balance
