CAT - Does thermal injury affect teeth during dentistry?

The literature searches performed were screened for relevance to the question, “Does thermal injury affect teeth during dentistry?”. The searches for “equine dental thermal” provided in vitro theoretical research from Allen et al. [1], Wilson and Walsh [2] and O’Leary et al. [3]. A search for “equine dental heat” resulted in further in vitro research from Haeussler et al. [4]. Finally, a research paper by Haeussler et al. [5] was revealed by the search “equine teeth heat” on Google Scholar. No clinical case studies could be found, however, the previous searches revealed related papers which detailed or discuss concerns related to thermal trauma [6–9]. Further secondary searches of references contained in the previous located papers found Zach and Cohen [10] was cited in all. Secondary sources used were Dixon and du Toit ...