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The Mission of Horsemanship Dentistry
Horsemanship Dentistry uses horsemanship skills and techniques developed by a Cornell-educated veterinarian in 1983. Mastered through tens of thousands of horses, Horsemanship Dentistry provides the best dentistry experience for all horses and their owners, building lasting relationships through practical skills, trust, and integrity.
Brief Description
Horsemanship Dentistry is connecting with the horse and getting feedback from a willing partner. Of course, working on a sedated horse is easier for the person, but the information we receive from unsedated horses tells us so much more than just looking inside their mouths with a flashlight. This makes Horsemanship Dentistry more than just “equine dentistry,” more than just “2 floats and a bucket,” more than unproven theories experimentally applied to your horse, and more than a mechanical process.
Horsemanship Dentistry is …
- Connection – the reason we all live and breathe horses every day of our lives.
- Respect – to owners, managers, and grooms with accurate appointment times.
- Education – of all horse owners about dentistry and other horse husbandry information, like nutrition.
- Automatic – a connection that deepens as we work with the horse.
- Thorough – addressing every edge of every tooth, including the last cheek teeth.
- Effective – removing all sources of pain from within the mouth, allowing unrestricted jaw and tongue movement for optimum oral health.
- Experienced – applying working theories based on over 80,000 horses floated since 1983.
- Trusted – the backing of a veterinarian trained at Cornell University’s Veterinary School, and working professionally with horses since 1973.