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Posted by MaresRBetter
on 6/30/2012, 10:12 pm, in reply to "Tooth Extraction"
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Not my horse, but a few weeks ago a horse with an identical problem was at the Vet clinic for the followup visit ,so I asked the Vet how it was done.
That horse was done at the Clinic, sedated but standing in the stocks. Tooth was extracted leaving a hole all the way through the horse's face. Some kind of temporary surgical wire was sticking out of this hole and was used to hold a bandage down into the hole to keep dirt out. At the followup visit, the bandage was removed, area cleaned and a lot of liquid was flushed down into the hole using a syringe to flush it out, with the liquid coming out the nostril as I recall. They were trying to keep infection out and let the body heal from the inside out. The Owner said the care at home wasn't complicated in between the Vet visits. Sorry I don't know the cost. This was in Oakdale, but not at Pioneer.
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