DENTISTRY SERVICES

At Aldington Equine Vets we like to do everything we can to help you keep your horses happy and healthy and we believe that effective routine dental care is very important. By having your horses teeth checked on a regular basis, many potential problems can be prevented and others can be detected and treated before they start to cause pain and problems with eating. Because we strongly believe that regular dental check-ups can make a big difference to a horse's wellbeing and longevity, we do not charge for dental checks, so you only need to pay if something needs to be done. We will also remind you when the next check is due. Our vets regularly attend training and refresher courses to keep up to date with the latest techniques and we continually invest in new and updated equipment to ensure we provide the best possible service.

• Routine rasping from £20 (plus free or half price visits available to most areas covered) – Click here for more information on our half price visits

• Free dental check-ups

  ROUTINE VISITS
  We can carry out free monthly visits to larger livery yards on a set date and time each month. This means that clients never have to pay visit fees for routine treatment such as vaccinations, tooth rasping and check-ups.

  HALF PRICE VISIT DAYS
  We carry out visits at half the normal price on certain days each month for most areas with a BB or PR3 post code. If your visit is not urgent, please call the office to ask when the next half price day is for your area.

• Dental check reminder service

• Latest equipment and techniques for periodontal care, including diastema burr, flushing equipment and picks

• Motorised rasping equipment (burrs)

• Dental reports supplied if required and records of all dental work kept on computer records

• Procedures such as wolf tooth extraction and removal of large overgrowths (Which cannot legally be carried out by horse dentists)

• More advanced procedures and surgical extractions undertaken if required

• Administration of sedative and analgesia when required to make the procedure as comfortable and stress free as possible for your horse.

• Dental checks carried out at each health check prior to vaccination

There are many advantages in having your horses teeth attended to by a qualified veterinary surgeon rather than a “horse dentist”. Our prices are comparable to those of fully trained equine dental technicians. If a “dentist” charges much less for rasping, it may well be because their work is inferior. If you decide not to use a vet to attend to your horse’s teeth, we would strongly advise that you choose a registered equine dental technician (EDT). Refer to www.beva.org.uk for a list of approved EDT’s. Any damage to your horse’s mouth caused by an unregistered “dentist” is unlikely to be covered by your insurance.

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