*1 – Horse Dentistry – Frequently Asked Questions (blog)
Frequently asked questions about dentistry in horses. General questions about dentistry and questions about dental issues in horses. Made in 2007, not…
Category: Dentistry Topics
*2 – Horse Dentistry – Basic Horse Dentistry Related Videos (blog)
8 videos that take apart the key concepts of Horsemanship Dentistry. I made these videos in 2007 but the concepts have not changed and represent the c…
*3 – Horse Dentistry – Videos Of Floating Horses Using Horsemanship (blog)
My "Seeing Is Believing Tour" playlist on YouTube. Videos of floating that represent the actions and reactions during and after the approach of Horsem…
75,000 Horses Floated By Hand – Podcast #029
Dr. Tucker discusses a variety of issues commonly asked by horse owners and veterinarians. Specifically, myths are evaluated and theories are offered …
Aging The Horse By The Teeth – Podcast #070
Several years ago, I asked owners with horses of verified age (papers or lip tattoos) to allow me to photograph the incisors. I shot the left and righ…
Cavities In Horse Teeth And More – Podcast #047
I go over some of the recent articles showing up in the magazines and news feeds for horse owners discussing 1) cavities in the cheek teeth of horses …
Dental Care
Horse's teeth erupt throughout their lives with constant wear occurring from teeth grinding against opposing teeth and continual stropping by the tong…
Dental Speculum Injury
The use of the speculum is common in equine dentistry. There are reports of damage to the horse caused by them and this is one of those cases.
Dentistry Lectures At The 2021 AAEP Meeting – Podcast #041
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) held their annual meeting last month and offered a section on the current state of equine dent…
EOTRH – The Disease Affecting The Incisor Teeth Of Horses – Rounds With Doc T
Equine Odontoclastic Tooth Resorption and Hypercementosis (EOTRH) is a new disease of horses affecting the health of all horses’ incisors and canine…
Equine Dentistry Seen Through 75,000 Floats – Rounds With Doc T
I have floated the teeth of horses since 1983, worked on over 75,000 horse mouths and still am floating teeth every day. I have some thoughts, and man…
Flabby Cheeks Of The Oral Cavity
Flabby Cheeks is the description of excessive tissue that lays in front of the first lower cheek teeth of horses. It is one of the three major reason…
Frequency Of Floating Horse Teeth – Podcast #004
The frequency of floating a horse is variable and is related to the individual horse. Often, we think of prevention on a mechanical device, like how o…
Horse Dentistry Questions – Podcast #056
This episode goes over some frequently asked questions I often get asked as I meet horse owners. My answers are not based on scientific facts because …
Horse Microbiome, Dentistry, And More – Podcast #063
In this podcast, I talk about a variety of subjects. Some I have discussed in detail elsewhere, and some are new. These subjects include the microbiom…
Horsemen, Surgeons And Equine Dentistry (blog)
Within veterinary medicine are recognized divisions (surgery, medicine, ambulatory) and within these are hidden divisions. Do these affect horse owner…
How We Perform Equine Dentistry Matters (blog)
Discovering the various ways equine dentistry is performed and the divide between what is good for the horse and what is good for the practitioner. Di…
Incisors – A Question From An Owner (blog)
A YouTube visitor asks me several questions about incisors and theories of equine dentistry.
Integrity (blog)
Integrity is the quality of being honest. It is what we have at the end of the day. What is inside the mouth of the horse is unseen by the owner but t…
Kicked In The Teeth (blog)
After 35 years, I still get "kicked in the teeth" by people and professionals who believe in myths. They perpetuate these false beliefs in equine dent…
Medications in Equine Dentistry – Podcast #001
Medications in Equine Dentistry are essential to understand as to why they are used and more importantly, why they are often not used properly. One of…
Parrot Mouth
Parrot mouth only affects the relationship of the incisors to each other where the upper incisors are more forward than the lower incisors and complet…
Pull The Tooth! (blog)
Pulling teeth is the dentistry equivalent of the expression "Do something!" But is "doing something" always in the best interest of the horse? Abscess…
Sow Mouth
Sow mouth only affects the relationship of the incisors to each other where the lower incisors are more forward than the upper incisors and completely…
Speechless In A Case Of EOTRH In A Horse (blog)
This is a story of a horse owner who I never met but called to ask if extracting all of the lower nipper teeth was a normal thing to do in a horse wit…
The Best Interest Of The Horse (blog)
Integrity is a trait assumed to exist in all professionals but they are only human. The stories here and my first hand experiences indicate the associ…
The Threshold Of Pain In Horses – Podcast #015
There is a point where the pain we are experiencing is beyond our ability to control our reaction to it. This point is our pain threshold and it is di…
The Trouble With Dentistry As Seen By A Human Doctor (blog)
A popular medical doctor wrote an article "The Trouble With Dentistry." I apply his thoughts to equine dentistry, diet, cheek tooth fractures, lectins…
This Client Just Says “Easy” to Equine Dentistry Without Drama™ (blog)
The "modern" way of horse dentistry is jacking the mouth open and automatically sedating the horses. The traditional way is more difficult using horse…
Top 10 Things To Know Inside Your Horse’s Mouth – HorseTalk Webinar
The top ten things about what is inside the horses' mouth and why I think we all need to clearly understand them as horse owners and trainers.
Weight Loss In Horses – Dental Or Not? – Podcast #061
Many horse owners associate weight loss in horses with dental issues. The most common sign of a dental problem is “Quidding” or the formation of a…
What Is The Cause Of EOTRH In Horses? (blog)
The cause of EOTRH in horses is based on the current thought that it is an autoimmune disease. Lectins without mucous leads to leaky gut at the gums.
Who Knocked Out My Front Tooth? (blog)
A lost incisor from decay (EOTRH). I also quote a client with her description of how the horses respond to our Horsemanship Dentistry approach. We are…