Diastemata, which is the pleural of diastema, are also being seen more frequently in equine practice. While it was uncommon to diagnose a diastema 10 or so years ago, we now see at least one horse a ...

The presence of any space between the cheek teeth is abnormal and is known as a diastema, or diastemata when plural. Once a space is present, food can become trapped and impacted. Bacteria then ...

You might not be able to teach your young horse to floss, says vet and dental specialist Graham Duncanson MRCVS, but widening diastemata – the small gaps between adjacent cheek teeth – can ...