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Management of periodontal disease: options other than widening

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Pascoe R.J.
In: BEVA - Annual Congress - Liverpool, 2017 by British Equine Veterinary Association
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SEP 16, 2017
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Periodontal disease is a common finding in equine dentistry [1]. Primary periodontal disease associated with plaque formation is relatively uncommon. More commonly the disease is associated with trapping of food within the oral cavity, usually within the interproximal spaces [2]. Widening of interproximal spaces has been suggested as a possible treatment strategy.
However, this procedure is not without risk to the location of the pulp tissues within the adjacent teeth and the difficulty in accurately identifying the position of the interproximal space in the caudal aspect of the oral cavity [3,4]. It is also only suitable for cases where the valve shape is encouraging food trapping ...

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Pascoe, R. (2020) “Management of periodontal disease: options other than widening”, BEVA - Annual Congress - Liverpool, 2017. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/beva/beva-annual-congress-liverpool-2017/management-of-periodontal-disease-options-other-than-widening (Accessed: 03 June 2023).

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Bell Equine Veterinary Clinic, Mereworth, Maidstone, Kent, UK. 

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