Teeth, Bones and Brushing. [2005]
A letter to the editor responding to the question: What has caused the current escalation in equine dentistry? It was suggested that it has arisen because man’s use and management of the horse fails to comply with its evolution. We have failed to ask ourselves, for example, what the bit does to a horse and what it is about our management that results in horses developing sharp enamel edges to their cheek teeth. Just as walking rasps hooves, grazing rasps teeth. Until such time as horses graze and go bitless there will be work for equine dentists. (Published in the Veterinary Record, the official journal of the British Veterinary Association)
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