Today, I learned about equine dentistry. (Yeah, you heard me right).

The bottom line: horsies need their toofers done, too.

The equine dentist has metal tools that are extremely large versions of a human dentist’s (minus the bubble gum flavored toothpaste). And his job is to SAW DOWN horses teeth so they can eat/function well.

First, he gives the horse a sedative. An assistant holds its head and fastens on a headpiece that holds the mouth open. And then, he dentist just sticks his hand INTO the horse’s mouth to feel around and starts work.

I saw not one, but two horses have their overbites corrected — their front teeth were shaved down. Yeah. Who wishes it was that easy to correct an overbite on a human? Any takers?

And you know what else I got to do?

Breathe. OK, this is kind of a big deal for a city girl who doesn’t like to be dirty ever. But I stuck my hand in one horse’s mouth.

I was forced — I kept on saying that I would live vicariously through them, but they weren’t having that — and stuck my hand in after a bit of coaxing.

And if Doc the horse could have spoken, he would have said, “Who the HELL are you, and WHY is your hand in my mouth?”