Tandheelkunde bij het paard in de 21e eeuw Deel 2: Onderzoek van de paardenmond en diagnostische hulpmiddelen voor detectie van gebitspathologie

Abstract

In the first part of this series of articles on modern equine dentistry, which was published in the fourth issue of this journal in 2015, different dental pathologies in the horse were reviewed. In this second part, the focus is directed towards how these diseases can be diagnosed. This involves the implementation of a proper oral examination combined with the use of correct terminology/nomenclature to record the encountered pathology on a dental record sheet. Several dental diagnostic imaging techniques, such as oral endoscopy, radiography, computed tomography, scintigraphy and MRI provide complementary information on the identification of the exact disease process, a prerequisite to deduct proper prognostic and therapeutic conclusions.