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Practical Treatment of Periodontal Disease in Practice
C. Pearce
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Periodontal disease is a major cause of tooth loss in small animals, humans and equines. Equine periodontal disease has been documented in several studies and reports since the early 1900s and in 1905 was described as “the scourge of the horse”. Baker [1] recorded the prevalence of periodontal disease in the over 15 year age group to be 60%, and Wafa (1988) [2] found it to be 37% overall amongst all age groups with again 60% this time in horses over 20 years of age. Ireland et al. [3] found a 45% prevalence in horses over 15 years of age but suspected that periodontal disease was probably under-reported in this study. Similar figures have been found in donkeys with du Toit et al. [4] recording an overall prevalence of 50% suffering from periodontal disease ...
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The Equine Dental Clinic Ltd, Witchampton, Dorset, UK
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