Rio Get's His Teeth Done

The Equine Dentist came to the barn yesterday and Rio got his teeth done. They gave him a dose of "sleepy pony" and put the face thing on and I got to put my whole forearm into his mouth and feel his teeth. They were really interesting. I was expecting to feel these ridges and sharp points from the way horses chew their food. Not the case. The teeth were all bumpy and had a lot of ridges and almost no sharp points. When the dentist started Rio was still pretty wiggly, so they had to give him a second dose. Even with that apparently he still tried to chew a lot and moved him mouth around, hence all the blood in the photos above. After the dentists were all done his teeth felt much nicer. No odd ridges or bumps...just smoothness. It'll be interesting to see how Rio rides after this because since he has some mouth sensitivity the dentist said that this would probably help. I also asked them if they could confirm an age for me, since the seller said 11 and the vet said 12-15. The dentist said that Rio is probably closest to 13. So...13 he is. See the video of the dentist at work.