Equine Dental Clinic Ltd

26/08/2026

A great day today visiting Gillian Higgins at Horses Inside Out to examine her horses and carry out their routine dentistry.

We were lucky enough to visit while Gillian was holding her annual Anatomy Exhibition – an amazing opportunity to see equine anatomy brought to life in incredible detail.

It’s a fantastic educational resource for horse owners, coaches, trainers, vet students and vets, and a brilliant way to gain a much better understanding of how the horse is put together and how everything works.

Thoroughly recommended – definitely one to look out for when it returns next August!

24/08/2026

Key Skills 4 CPD Course - Surgical Dentistry, Extractions & Sinus Surgery

Our Key Skills 4 course takes place this December at the Equine Dental Clinic, and is aimed at veterinary surgeons wanting to develop their confidence and practical skills in more advanced equine dental procedures.

This is a highly practical course covering the decision-making, techniques and equipment involved in:
• Surgical and advanced cheek tooth extraction
• Minimally invasive extraction techniques
• Management of fractured and challenging teeth
• Repulsion and surgical approaches where indicated
• Sinus disease associated with dental pathology
• Sinus surgery and drainage techniques
• Management of extraction complications and difficult cases

Teaching is centred around hands-on practical sessions, supported by case discussion, imaging and the clinical experience of our specialist dental team.
The aim is not simply to demonstrate techniques, but to give vets a structured approach to case selection, planning and safe progression to more advanced procedures in practice.

📍 Equine Dental Clinic, Dorset
📅 December 2026
👩‍⚕️ For veterinary surgeons

Places are limited to maintain a high level of practical teaching.
For further information or to book, please contact the clinic or visit our CPD pages on our website.

https://equinedentalclinic.co.uk/product/edc-key-skills-4/

20/08/2026

Join us for a day out on the road with our own Dr Matt Holland.

Over the course of this morning, Matt has checked sockets, removed wolf teeth, and referred cases back to our clinic for further investigation.

All of this routine dentistry has taken place in the comfort of the horse’s own stable, with the benefits of standing sedation and oroscope imagery; allowing each owner to see for themselves what is going on inside the mouth.

19/08/2026

Last night, we welcomed members of the to our clinic for a fun and informative evening evening with our own Jane Haden BVM&S MRCVS.
We love sharing our knowledge with the younger generation and potential vets of the future - please get in touch if this is something your Pony Club could be interested in!

17/08/2026

Meet Nimo - When a cavity leads to an abscess…

Last week we welcomed Nimo into the clinic for further investigations after his vet found some cavities in his teeth. Nicole found 2 open pulp horns in the 211 tooth, so took some precautionary X-rays which confirmed that the tooth was in fact diseased.

Given this would have been causing Nimo some pain and poses a risk of sinusitis, Nicole has extracted the tooth under standing sedation. Nimo can return home a lot more comfortable now!

14/08/2026

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08/08/2026

Enthusing the next generation Ellighamshow2026

Come and see us on our stand near the main ring - find out what we do as a specialist-led equine dentistry vet practice - and give your kids a go at rasping teeth :)

08/08/2026

08/08/2026

All set up and ready for Ellingham Show! It’s going to be a lovely day so if you’re coming to the show pop in to have a coffee and meet our dental vets Matt and Matas who will be on the stand for most of the day - our specialists Chris and Nicole will also be along at some point as well :)

The Ellingham and Ringwood Agricultural Show show has been running since 1947 and has grown into a spectacle of main ring attractions, horse events, animals galore and lots of shopping! So if you’re in the Hampshire area it’s well worth a visit!

We have giveaways, quality coffee and friendly chat by our dental vets - come and visit for a sit down and a coffee in the shade and ask us anything about our world class equine dentistry services! Hope to see you there :)

03/08/2026

Incredible mixture of cases today in a busy day at the clinic - our CT scanner was busy including with this case - a 7yo referred for a suspected mandibular fracture - but we were not expecting to find such advanced dental disease of the mandibular teeth as well!

The ‘splat’ of white material you can see in the centre of the arcade as we scroll the CT images from left to right (lateral to medial) is a dysplastic (deformed) 309 cheek tooth with a large amount of calcified mixed dental tissue attached to the tooth.

Remember No Pain Check Again? Our campaign with the BHS running again with a focus period later this year and into next year stresses the importance of regular thorough dental examinations because your horse almost certainly won’t tell you!

We’ll update you on the treatment of this case in the future.