Kester News Hour
The following papers were selected for discussion at the Kester News Hour at the Annual Convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners held in San Antonio, Texas, November 17–21, 2017.
Surgery
Outcome of horses undergoing navicular bursotomy for the treatment of contaminated or septic navicular bursitis: 19 cases (2002–2016)
D. G. Suarez-Fuentes, S. S. Caston, D. M. Tatarniuk, K. D. Kersh and N. R. Ferrero
Do different characteristics of two emasculators make a difference in equine castration?
F. Comino, G. Giusto, V. Caramello and M. Gandini
Heritability and prevalence of selected osteochondrosis lesions in yearling Thoroughbred horses
J. Russell, O. Matika, T. Russell and R. J. M. Reardon
Clinical study evaluating the accuracy of injecting the distal tarsal joints in the horse
K. A. Seabaugh, K. T. Selberg, P. O. E. Mueller, R. B. Eggleston, J. F. Peroni, K. M. Claunch, H. J. Markwell and G. M. Baxter
Theriogenology
The effect of mare obesity and endocrine function on foal birthweight in Thoroughbreds
S. Smith, C.M. Marr, C. Dunnett and N.J. Menzies-Gow
Medicine
Outcomes after medical and surgical interventions in horses with temporohyoid osteoarthropathy
P. Espinosa, J. E. Nieto, K. E. Estell, P. H. Kass and M. Aleman
Highlights of recent clinically relevant papers
S. Wright
Frank J. Milne State-of-the Art Lecture
Anatomical studies of maxillary cheek teeth infundibula in clinically normal horses
C. M. Fitzgibbon, N. Du Toit and P. M. Dixon
A light microscopic and ultrastructural examination of calcified dental tissues of horses: 1. The occlusal surface and enamel thickness
S. Kilic, P. M. Dixon and S. A. Kempson
A light microscopic and ultrastructural examination of calcified dental tissues of horses: 2. Ultrastructural enamel findings
S. Kilic, P. M. Dixon and S. A. Kempson
A light microscopic and ultrastructural examination of calcified dental tissues of horses: 3. Dentine
S. Kilic, P. M. Dixon and S. A. Kempson
A light microscopic and ultrastructural examination of calcified dental tissues of horses: 4. Cement and the amelocemental junction
S. Kilic, P. M. Dixon and S. A. Kempson
Equine dental disease Part 3: a long-term study of 400 cases: disorders of wear, traumatic damage and idiopathic fractures, tumours and miscellaneous disorders of the cheek teeth
P. M. Dixon, W. H. Tremaine, Kirstie Pickles, Lorna Kuhns, Carlyn Hawe, Jacqui Mccann, B. C. Mcgorum, D. I. Railton and Stephanie Brammer
Two- and three-dimensional computed tomographic anatomy of the enamel, infundibulae and pulp of 126 equine cheek teeth. Part 1: Findings in teeth without macroscopic occlusal or computed tomographic lesions
Z. Windley, R. Weller, W. H. Tremaine and J. D. PerkinsPost mortem survey of peripheral dental caries in 510 Swedish horses
I. Gere and P. M. Dixon
Equine dental disease Part 2: a long-term study of 400 cases: disorders of development and eruption and variations in position of the cheek teeth
P. M. Dixon, W. H. Tremaine, Kirstie Pickles, Lorna Kuhns, Carlyn Hawe, Jacqui Mccann, B. C. Mcgorum, D.I. Railton and Stephanie Brammer
Equine idiopathic cheek teeth fractures. Part 1: Pathological studies on 35 fractured cheek teeth
I. Dacre, S. Kempson and P. M. Dixon
Some Aspects of Equine Dental Disease
Gordon J. Baker
Post mortem survey of dental disorders in 349 donkeys from an aged population (2005–2006). Part 1: Prevalence of specific dental disorders
N. du Toit, J. Gallagher, F. A. Burden and P. M. Dixon
Equine dental disease Part 4: a long-term study of 400 cases: apical infections of cheek teeth
N. du Toit, J. Gallagher, F. A. Burden and P. M. Dixon
P. M. Dixon, W. H. Tremaine, K. Pickles, L. Kuhns, C. Hawe, J. Mccann, B. C. Mcgorum, D. I. Railton and S. Brammer
Orthodontic correction of overjet/overbite (‘parrot mouth’) in 73 foals (1999–2013)
J. Easley, P. M. Dixon and R. J. M. Reardon
Treatment of equine cheek teeth by mechanical widening of diastemata in 60 horses (2000–2006)
P. M. Dixon, S. Barakzai, N. Collins and J. Yates
A long-term study on the clinical effects of mechanical widening of cheek teeth diastemata for treatment of periodontitis in 202 horses (2008–2011) P. M. Dixon, S. Ceen, T. Barnett, J. M. O’Leary, T. D. Parkin and S. Barakzai
Treatment of oromaxillary fistulae in nine standing horses (2002–2006)
C. S. Hawkes, J. Easley, S. Z. Barakzai and P. M. Dixon
Dental dysplasia and oligodontia in a Thoroughbred colt
P. H. L. Ramzan, P. M. Dixon, S. A. Kempson and P. D. Rossdale
Comparison of mandibular motion in horses chewing hay and pellets
S. J. Bonin, H. M. Clayton, J. L. Lanovaz and T. Johnston
Equine idiopathic cheek teeth fractures: Part 2: A practice-based survey of 147 affected horses in Britain and Ireland
L. Taylor and P. M. Dixon
Equine idiopathic cheek teeth fractures: Part 3: A hospital-based survey of 68 referred horses (1999–2005)
P. M. Dixon, S. Z. Barakzai, N. M. Collins and J. Yates
Two- and three-dimensional computed tomographic anatomy of the enamel, infundibulae and pulp of 126 equine cheek teeth. Part 2: Findings in teeth with macroscopic occlusal or computed tomographic lesions
Z. Windley, R. Weller, W. H. Tremaine and J. D. Perkins
Post mortem survey of peripheral dental caries in 510 Swedish horses
I. Gere and P. M. Dixon
An epidemiological survey on the prevalence of equine peripheral dental caries in the United Kingdom and possible risk factors for its development D. Borkent, R. J. M. Reardon, G. McLachlan, S. Smith and P. M. Dixon
Occlusal fissures of the equine cheek tooth: Prevalence, location and association with disease in 91 horses referred for dental investigation
P. H. L. Ramzan and L. Palmer
Empyema of the nasal conchal bulla as a cause of chronic unilateral nasal discharge in the horse: 10 cases (2013–2014)
P. M. Dixon, T. Froydenlund, T. Luiti, J. Kane-Smyth, A. Horbal and R. J. M. Reardon
Evaluation and clinical use of an intraoral inferior alveolar nerve block in the horse
T. Henry, N. Pusterla, A. G. P. Guedes and F. J. M. Verstraete
Some observations on the value of ageing 5–7-year-old horses by examination of their incisor teeth
J. P. Walmsley
The aetiopathogenesis of equine periodontal disease – a fresh perspective
R. S. Kennedy and P. M. Dixon
A study of open-mouthed oblique radiographic projections for evaluating lesions of the erupted (clinical) crown
S. Z. Barakzai and P. M. Dixon
Equine peripheral and infundibular dental caries: A review and proposals for their investigation
D. Borkent and P. M. Dixon
A review of equine paranasal sinusitis. Aetiopathogenesis, clinical signs and ancillary diagnostic techniques
J. M. O’Leary and P. M. Dixon
Description of a technique for orthograde endodontic treatment of equine cheek teeth with apical infections
T. Lundström and O. Wattle
