title: The gold standard of dental care for the adult performance horse.
abstract: This article discusses the primary odontogenic problems of the mature performance horse, including wolf teeth; hooks; overbite, overjet, underjet, and wry bite; equine odontoclastic tooth resorption and hypercementosis; infundibular caries; and secondary oral problems. It outlines the author's methods of taking the history, oral examination, and use of diagnostic nerve blocks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, New Bolton Center, Kennett Square, PA 19348, USA. davidlfostervmd@cs.com
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Foster
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003729:Dental Care / Q000592:standards / Q000662:veterinary*; D003945:Diagnosis, Oral / Q000592:standards; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006736:Horses; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: EOTRH; Performance horse; Wolf teeth