Jun. 5th, 2014

dental

Jun. 5th, 2014 12:09 pm
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This has been the week of dental work.

Tuesday the equine dentist was at the barn to work on 6 of the horses. Gemi has "old horse mouth", with some molars worn to the point that they're not doing much of anything, one or two dead teeth (but not loose, so they get to stay), and one with a big chunk missing, down to the gum line. OTOH, the x-rays didn't show any internal or root problems, so no major intervention needed. Maybe a bit of tea tree oil on the gums, and continue to experiment with her feed.

Yesterday, Kylie had her wisdom teeth out. All 4 impacted, unerupted, but close to the surface. Two of them came out intact, two had to be cut apart, but pretty uneventful overall. She got to take them home as souvenirs; would you like pictures?

Today was my regular 6-month cleaning, but really uneventful. I've finally learned good oral hygiene, although I keep breaking bits of my molars, like icebergs calving off a glacier.

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