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The 30-second rinse that could save your horse's teeth (and your wallet)

  • Writer: Wayne Dale
    Wayne Dale
  • Jul 14, 2025
  • 2 min read

Veterinary science confirms:  feed trapped between your horse’s teeth is the spark plug for caries, gum disease, even advanced conditions like EOTRH.


Rinsing with a 400 ml syringe helps flush debris, break down harmful biofilms, and protect teeth and gums before it's too late.


Food impaction  - diastemata between two molars
Food impaction - diastemata between two molars

Even the healthiest-looking horses can have dental issues brewing below the surface.


Trapped feed between teeth is one of the earliest and most common triggers — and it’s easy to miss.


Over time, it can cause:


  • Caries (decay)

  • Inflamed, infected gums (periodontal disease)

  • Painful fractures and even tooth loss

  • In older horses? It can exacerbate conditions like EOTRH — progressive, untreatable decay that ends in extraction.


Veterinary studies are clear:

Trapped feed is a contributor to decay, infection, and pain — but daily rinsing can help slow it down.

Your New Stable Essential: The 400ml Dosing Syringe


This isn’t just a tool — it’s prevention in your hands.

  • Rinses out stuck food after feeding

  • Helps reduce harmful bacteria and acid

  • Mimics professional dental flushing

  • Supports oral hygiene between dental checkups



It only takes 30 seconds a day. It could save your horse years of pain — and you, thousands in dental bills.



Because a healthy mouth means a healthier horse.



Footnotes:


  • Ham, R. (2019). Equine Dental Disease: Caries and Cavities. Kentucky Equine Research.

“In many cases, feed becomes packed into the periodontium … this

accumulation … can eventually lead to caries.” ResearchGate+14Kentucky Equine Research+14academicjournals.org+14PDF & full text available via

Kentucky Equine Research website.

  • Nuttall, H. E. & Ravenhill, P. M. (2010). Postmortem survey of peripheral dental caries in 510 Swedish horses. Equine Veterinary Journal, 42, 310–311.

    Highlights prevalence of peripheral caries and association with food impaction. Kentucky Equine Researchsciencedirect.com+2PMC+2BioMed Central+2

  • Gere, I. & Dixon, P. M. (2010). Aetiopathogenesis of infundibular caries in equine cheek teeth. Veterinary Practice Update.

    Describes how exposed cemental defects collect food and ferment, causing infundibular caries. magonlinelibrary.com+15Veterinary Practice+15Frontiers+15

  • Jackson, K. L. et al. (2016). A Retrospective Study of Treatments for Equine Periodontal Disease. Journal of Veterinary Dentistry, 33(2), 83–89.

    Compare treatments including pocket lavage with chlorhexidine and removal of feed material—a statistically significant improvement. beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com+3PubMed+3ResearchGate+3

  • Carmalt, J. L. et al. (2004). Recognition and Treatment of Equine Periodontal Disease. AAEP Proceedings.

    “The presence of a diastema, enabling feed to become impacted … identifies horses at risk of tooth loss due to periodontal disease.” ResearchGate+12IVIS+12ResearchGate+12

  • Kennedy, R. J. et al. (2016). The microbiome associated with equine periodontitis and oral health. Veterinary Research, 47, 49.

    Food residues lead to increased diversity and pathogenic shifts in subgingival bacteria; daily oral hygiene is key. BioMed CentralMDPI

  • Dixon, P. M. et al. (2021). Equine Infundibular Caries-Related Cheek Teeth Fractures. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8:646870.

    Infundibular caries frequently linked to food impaction and frequently results in fractures and infection. Frontiers+1Veterinary Practice+1Veterinary Practice

  • Jackson, K., Kelty, E. & Tennant, M. (2018). Equine peripheral dental caries: epidemiological survey. Equine Veterinary Journal, 50, 79–84.

    Epidemiological evidence showing caries linked to high-sugar hay and feed impaction. 

 
 
 

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