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Performance Float:
after the basics of removing offending points, the
front of the first cheek teeth, the ones right behind the bit, are
rounded off additionally, giving noticeable improvement in
performance.
See
Your Horse’s Mouth
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Wave Reduction:
waves are “humps” in the line of the dental arcade,
from over-long cheek teeth (and opposing short ones). Leveling
these defects prevents the undesirable “tooth-grinding-into-bone”
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Example of a wave in the third Quadrant.
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Step Reduction: a missing or weak tooth causes abrupt changes in the level of the grinding surface. These uneven areas are equilibrated, giving much better masticatory performance and comfort. These are like “hooks”, but farther back. See Your Horse’s Mouth under Procedures & Equipment. |
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The common knowledge has been that horses will show us when they have dental problems. This myth has cost thousands of horses’ early death! They are tougher than we thought! We find split molars and many, many severe abnormalities in fat, good-doing horses! Many older horses begin to show the effects of years of dental stress only after irreparable damage has occurred. Then they get long hair, lose weight, become poor-doers (this is commonly referred to as “old age”) when they could have lived another five to fifteen years of healthy, comfortable life! |
