I use a range of manual tools.  I find horses react well to a quiet approach with as little excess noise as possible.  My tools are of differing lengths, shapes and sizes allowing me to reach all teeth within the horses mouth.

     This float is used on the lower arcades.

This float is used to reduce the height of the first larger premolars, note the angle of the shaft, this is so the speculum and horses lips do not get rubbed during treatment of these teeth.

   This float is used for the upper premaolars, note the angled head for accuracey of use.

  This float is used for removing sharpness etc of the upper '11' teeth, the shaft is slim and the head is closed angled in order to get behind tohe tooth.

  This is for use on the upper molar teeth. Longer shaft and angled head to accomodate for the slight curve of the horses arcades.

This is one of the most important piece of equipment the dentist can use.  It allows the dentist to clamp open the horses mouth and ensures all teeth are worked on correctly.

 This is just one exmple of the many types of forceps that can be used  to help remove caps (baby teeth) and other pre-molar, incisor and molar teeth.

This float is used at the end of the treatment and is used to smooth off the teeth.  the blades below that are used in the other floats can sometimes leave score marks int he teeth.  When rubbing up next to the cheeks for example this can cause irritation.

This is one example of the blades used in the floats at the top of this page. They are made out of carbide.  They are ideal for grinding away hard enamel of horses teeth.

This is called a Burgess Set.  It is used from removing wolf teeth.  The hollow Burgess Heads (the tube like parts in the set) are slid around the wolf tooth and pulled in a downward motion out of the gum.

This is a dental pick, it helps elevate gums away from teeth and other functions when removing debris.

All pictures are not accurately scaled to size but have been displayed proportionately.