{"topic_id":"evidence_equine_dental_diet","category":"evidence","context":"---\ntopic_id: evidence_equine_dental_diet\ncategory: evidence\ntitle: \"Horse — dental health / dentition — dietary management (Europe PMC)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Europe PMC REST search (europepmc.org), query '(horse OR equine) AND (dental OR dentition OR teeth) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR forage)', 8578 hits, pulled 2026-07-22\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_equine_dental_diet_2026-07-22.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 260\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 30\n  passed: 30\n  date: 2026-07-22\n---\n\n# Horse — dental health / dentition — dietary management (Europe PMC)\nSource: Europe PMC REST search, query \"(horse OR equine) AND (dental OR dentition OR teeth) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR forage)\", 8578 hits (2026-07-22). 6 representative studies below (filtered for species + nutrition relevance).\n\n1. PMID 41782898 — Equine dental destructive disorders: an epidemiological survey in northern Germany. (Frontiers in veterinary science, 2026). Abstract (opening): Destructive lesions of the peripheral and infundibular cementum are increasingly recognized in equine dentistry. While similarities to human caries have been noted, current evidenc\n2. PMID 40941342 — Microbiome and Dental Changes in Horses Fed a High Soluble Carbohydrate Diet. (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2025). Abstract (opening): This study investigated the oral microbiome of horses maintained on a high soluble carbohydrate diet based on sugarcane, in comparison to those fed a pasture-based diet composed of\n3. PMID 42278111 — Management of Equine Post-Extraction Cheek Tooth Alveoli: Application of Alveolar Plugs. (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2026). Abstract (opening): Preservation of dentition remains the primary goal of equine dentistry; however, cheek tooth extraction is required in cases of severe dental pathology. Following tooth extraction,\n4. PMID 41859762 — Comparative study of dental age estimation methods against known chronological age in Nigerian local horses. (Journal of equine science, 2026). Abstract (opening): Dental age estimation in horses is very important in the context of quality healthcare, breeding programs, and welfare management. However, information on the most suitable dental \n5. PMID 42025860 — Successful nutritional management of a warmblood horse with multiple pathologies that respond to nutrition. (Journal of equine veterinary science, 2026). Abstract (opening): This report describes the nutritional management of an 18-year-old, 553 kg gelding warmblood used for dressage lessons that presented with severe weight loss, marked muscle atrophy\n6. PMID 42024214 — Epidemiology of open and closed diastemata in equine cheek teeth and associations with periodontal pathology. (Veterinary research communications, 2026). Abstract (opening): Cheek-tooth diastemata are a common dental abnormality in horses and are considered a major predisposing factor for periodontal disease. However, the influence of diastema type and\n\nNote: study selection and synthesis are left to the API consumer; this topic only surfaces primary sources with verbatim abstract openings.\n\nSource text: `pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_equine_dental_diet_2026-07-22.txt` (Europe PMC REST + PubMed efetch, 2026-07-22).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":260,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}