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Why is a equine dental called a float?

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Horses' teeth grow non stop and sometimes the teeth will poke the gums and cause pain. You will need to get them "floated" which means they need to be filed down.

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The term most likely came into application when somebody likened the process of smoothing horses' teeth to the process of leveling concrete with a tool called a float.

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