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 Routine Dental Care
How long can a horse live? Until his teeth wear out. That's how important routine dental care can be for you horse.
Horses have unique dental needs. Two hundred years ago, when the only power we had was horse power, and everyone depended daily on horses for some of the basics of life, we understood a lot more about our horses' basic needs than we do today. Seems like we've forgotten a lot, especially about equine dentistry. So let's get back to the basics and review the basic dental needs of horses.
One of the basic needs horses have is for grass. Horses were designed to eat grass. Grass has an appropriate protein content for horses. Grass has an appropriate carbohydrate content for horses. Grass has an appropriate mineral content for horses. Horse's stomachs and intestines were designed to digest grass. And horse's teeth were designed to chew grass.
Grass has a high silicate content. Silicates are
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