title: Dental surgery in horses.
abstract: Dental surgery is most often directed at removal of diseased or injured teeth by the least invasive method possible. Some procedures available can preserve traumatized or infected teeth. Complications of dental surgery are well documented and often encountered by veterinary surgeons. Principles of debridement, curettage, lavage and ventral drainage combined with appropriate medicinal management can reduce complications and lead to successful outcome after dental surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Gaughan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000601:surgery; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000601:surgery; D003481:Cuspid / Q000601:surgery; D003814:Dentistry, Operative; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses / Q000601:surgery*; D007180:Incisor / Q000601:surgery; D008963:Molar / Q000601:surgery; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*