Equine dental equipment is a device that is important for the dental health of horses, ponies, donkeys and mules. It is known that their teeth need to be checked twice a year. Any sharp edges need to be floated (filed) using equine dental equipment or the animal will not be able to eat properly and may contract dental disease.
There are four main reasons why in today’s modern world, there is the need for equine dentistry and equine dental equipment. They will maximize the function of the horse’s mouth by ensuring the horse can masticate correctly and efficiently. In turn, they will reduce the cost of feeding horses as they will be able to gain the maximum nutrients from the food ingested.
Equine dentistry and equine dental equipment also maximize the performance of the horse by improving the function and comfort within the horse’s mouth, ensuring there are no problems within the horse’s mouth that could hinder the anterior-posterior movement of the horses head when moving, and preventing soreness of that problems associated with poor dentition that could create when ridden. In addition, they will improve health and welfare by ensuring horses are not in any discomfort / pain.
Finally, equine dentistry and equine dental equipment are about 3 main things. They are about animal welfare, safety and money. Having a happy horse and a happy relationship with your horse in a safe way is what it is all about.
A lot of tools are involved in equine dentistry. One of them is holders. As equine dental equipment, it is useful to keep the equine’s head for check-ups and procedures. This is usually accomplished with a head sling, with a metal speculum (a brace to keep the horse’s mouth open) or even a human assistant.
In order to keep horse dental tools sterile, equine dental equipment like clean buckets, sterilization solution, surgical gloves and sometimes surgical gowns or aprons are used. There are also checking tools that help the equine dentist inspect the horse’s mouth. These include small flashlights, long-handled mirrors and long-handled probes.
Extractor is also useful equine dental equipment for check-ups and procedures. This equine dental tool is used to remove tooth fragments or entire teeth, include pliers, forceps and tooth elevators (long-handled picks). Meanwhile, finishing tools make sure the teeth are smooth.
The new Flex-Float™ System is the ultimate equine dental equipment in equine power dentistry. The Flexi-Float™ utilizes either rotary bur or rotating disk power reduction technology and incorporates all of the features equine dental professionals need in a single unit that is compact and easy to setup and maintain.
The key features of this equine dental equipment are: a long pistol-grip rotary burr type float for the molar arcade which features the patented Flexi-Float head that adjusts to reach even the most difficult teeth, a long pistol-grip rotating disk type float for the molar arcade which also features the Flexi-Float adjustable head, and a short rotary float for incisors with a built in vacuum port and light.
This equine dental equipment also features water irrigation to reduce drilling temperatures and tooth dust, a lightweight plastic tote with wheels that contains the Foredom power source, the vacuum, the fiber optic light source, additional burs, disks and wrenches and a ground fault interrupter. The complete system weights only 46 pounds.
