Equine Dental Services

Safe and Effective Dental Care for Your Horse

East West Veterinary Care provides complete, professional equine dental services for the comfort and health of your horse.

Equine dentistry services include:

Oral Examination
Complete evaluation including the back of the mouth, palpating teeth to assess oral health and looking for periodontal diseases
Floating
The process of smoothing sharp enamel points in teeth formed by normal teeth growth and grinding of food
Tooth Extraction
Removal of loose or broken teeth
Chiropractic Adjustment of the Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ)
To relieve stress and correct alignment in the jaw joint
Geriatric Dentistry
Extra gentle handling for older horses who are more likely to have dental problems
Dental X-rays
On-site x-rays to see infected or diseased teeth, sinus diseases, tumors or wolf tooth fragments

Common Signs of Equine Dental Problems

Horses are grazing animals and grind their teeth to chew. Proper dental care is of the utmost importance for extracting the most nutrition from their food and maintaining proper body weight.

Horses can’t verbally tell you they’re in pain chewing, but they sure can communicate it. Signs that a horse may need to have its teeth examined include:

Dropping feed
Avoiding grain
Rotating head to position grain for more comfortable chewing
Foul smell in the oral cavity
Nasal discharge
Weight loss
Bit evasion and resistance
Unbalanced or one-sided when ridden
Facial swelling
Undigested oats or corn in manure

Be sure to take care of your horse’s teeth so they can eat happily and perform their best. Give your horse a reason to smile by scheduling a dental exam from East West Veterinary Care.

Customer Testimonials

Customers Rate East West Veterinary Care with Five Stars

Joanna Ramsey

Horse Owner

Can’t say enough good things about Amanda and her team! Been using them for years and they are always quick to respond and have helped me through numerous veterinary needs. From basic annuals to major injuries. You name it, East West has helped me with it! Love this vet!

Customers Rate East West Veterinary Care with Five Stars

Blake Carney

Horse Owner

I have used Dr. Amanda for nearly 15 years. During this time, I have had everything under the sun come up as I have operated a training facility throughout those years. Dr. Amanda has been able to address anything and everything I have thrown at her, and I credit her as a huge part of my team’s over 50 World and Reserve world titles in our associations. Once she added chiropractic and acupuncture, she has exceeded all of my client’s expectations to keep their horses comfortable and happy in and out of show season! Her staff is second to none and they are easy to talk with and get appointments scheduled. I am forever grateful for the chance meeting that put me in contact with Dr. Amanda, and I would recommend her to anyone for any need.

Customers Rate East West Veterinary Care with Five Stars

Katrina Dickson

Horse Owner

Dr. Amanda Cerniglia has been my horse’s primary veterinarian from the point at which he joined our family. She was originally recommended to me by our barn manager (several vets offer care at our barn) because she could do on-site radiographs (x-rays). But it was my interactions with her as a novice horse owner that clinched her as the choice to take care of our family horse and I have never regretted it. The key point at which I knew Dr. Cerniglia (who is always referred to as Dr. Amanda at our barn) was someone with whom we wanted to work was when I asked her about dental care for horses. At that point, I had been around many horses, but wasn’t aware of what you had to do to care for teeth (Do you have to brush them like cats and dogs? Get them scaled like cats? What happens if there are cavities?). Dr. Amanda’s response that she had done extra training so that she could do dental care including putting in a filling if necessary rather than pulling a tooth and her explanation of how it was no big deal and much kinder to the horse, well that cinched it. I wanted someone who was kind. Over the years Dr. Amanda has never treated my questions as dumb ones and has been more than willing to discuss things at a very deep level of detail. She and her husband called everywhere in the state to find a veterinary oncologist to partner with so that my aging gray gelding could be eligible to experimentally receive a canine oral melanoma vaccine to treat his multiple melanomas. She has performed emergency weekend surgery and removed more melanomas than I can count. She and her staff let me send updates with pictures to them for ongoing advice on wound care between visits. Dr. Amanda gave my daughter extensive interviews for a journalism class about preparing for fireworks and taking care of scared animals of all types. One of the best things about East West Veterinary Care (aside from its people who are superb in their knowledge and kindness) is that Dr. Amanda believes in having and using the best practices from both Eastern and Western medicine. East West Veterinary Care and Dr. Amanda Cerniglia believe in utilizing the best treatments for our horse and many other horses at our barn based on what the horses need and they use those treatments to complement each other. If you have ever been sick and used ginger ale to take your medicine, you have done the same. My only regret is that I don’t have doctors that treat humans for my family that are as brilliant, kind, resourceful, accessible, and knowledgeable as Dr. Amanda and her colleagues at East West Veterinary Care. They really are the best.

Customers Rate East West Veterinary Care with Five Stars

Hannah Gunter

Horse Owner

I truly can’t say enough fabulous things about Dr. Amanda and her team. I’ve had a LOT of horses that have needed her expertise so I’m lucky to know her well. Unlike so many doctors, Dr. Amanda takes her time actually talking with you! I have the utmost confidence in her ability to diagnose and treat my animals and better yet, she helps YOU understand what you need to do when she can’t be there. Outside of her skill as a competent vet, she has great communication skills. She’s easy to get in touch with and very easy to talk to! Professional and warm at the same time. Wonderful person. Her staff are GREAT! Tiffany is incredibly smart and knowledgeable as well and to top it off is great with handling horses, especially the tricky ones. Everyone is kind, funny and professional. I’m so grateful to this practice and I can’t say enough good things about them. Everyone at this practice help make me a better horsewoman. A thousand thank-yous for taking such wonderful care of my horses and being such a good friend to me. Love y’all!!

Customers Rate East West Veterinary Care with Five Stars

Victoria Holland

Save The Horses

Dr. Amanda has helped me over the years with many of our horses at SaveTheHorses where I volunteer. Her medical knowledge and compassionate care are exceptional. Further, she is very patient in explaining conditions and giving guidance for care. It is a pleasure to work with her. Dr. Natalie, who has recently joined the practice, is a great asset, too. We are happy that she is working with us. She brings many years of practical experience in addition to her veterinary skills.

Customers Rate East West Veterinary Care with Five Stars

Elizabeth Wood

Bits & Bytes Farm

We love Dr. Amanda! We bring Thoroughbred horses into our farm from racetracks to retrain and find homes for them. Often they will need chiropractic to get them feeling better fast. It is nice having a chiropractor who is also an equine veterinarian. She can quickly assess whether chiropractic will work or a more traditional treatment is necessary. Sometimes the Eastern medicinal herbs are used along with chiropractic. Dr. Amanda looks at the whole horse and treats not just the acute problem but the whole horse. Rarely do you find a vet that has so many resources and skills to treat a horse.

Customers Rate East West Veterinary Care with Five Stars

Krista Phillips

Horse Owner

Dr. Amanda is the best! My Friesian, Jelte, always moves the best after her TLC and an adjustment. Best Chiropractor I have ever used!!!!!

Customers Rate East West Veterinary Care with Five Stars

Dalton Smith

Horse Owner

We have used Dr. Amanda for as long as I can remember having horses. We used her when she worked for multiple practices prior to opening up East-West Veterinary Care, and we are so glad she has her own now! Whether you are dealing with Dr. Amanda, Dr. Natalie, or Tiffany… you are sure to have as good an experience as you possibly can when your horse needs help!