I am so happy to see you doing these videos and informing people about how to treat these issues. I just wish I had found this sooner. My 1D barrel horse had a fractured tooth and went through 9 surgeries and 39 hours of pure hell. The first dentist messed her up so bad I can't even talk about it. The second dentist finished the job and has since had to remove two other up molars from the damaged caused by first dentist. This has ruined this mare and makes me sick. Please keep doing what you are doing.
Your videos are great, well done. I am curious with this case as to how you treated the fistula? I would think it would be particularly difficult to keep some sort of packing over it to prevent further food entry, especially with further enlargement of the space due to the need to extract the tooth immediately distal to the defect.
I was told recently by my vet, wolf teeth are not routinely removing any longer unless they blind ones like one horse in your video. I was advised not to have my colt's removed as his were very small. Is this a new standard, I've had the these removed but i realise veterinarian medicine does change
Great work! How did you deal with the fistula? Were you able to close it? What’s the aftercare for this procedure? Will the horse be able to eat normally? I can’t imagine recovering from two open wounds like that. I had my wisdom teeth removed but they sewed the gums shut over the hole. Do you leave them open?
I appreciate your professionalism and desire to educate but I struggle with giving a pass to this because it has been done this way or taught this way for a long time. Somewhere somebody made the decision to do it this way and as a layperson I could foresee this type of outcome. If I, as a horse owner, caused such an injury using similar methods I would be prosecuted. I appreciate all your efforts to advance the standard of care, it should mandatory for all practitioners.
