Grrr..... dentist...

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Well, a couple of months ago I had my 'friend' out who told me she was qualified to do teeth. I was convinced there was something wrong in horses mouth, but she took one look and said they were fine. (didn't charge me anything). I carried on, but in the back of my mind I still thought there was something not right.

A couple of months later I finally thought I'd get a second opinion. Last night I had out an EDT fully qualified who was highly recommended. He looked in horses mouth and told me he had sharp hooks at the front of his mouth and his back teeth were also really sharp
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He couldn't believe that they had been looked at so recently. When I told him she was level 1 EDT he said 'do you realise that is Theory?'
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I am fuming that I have gone this long because she told me she was qualified and I believed her! I could kick myself
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Anyway, this is a warning to everyone to make sure your practitioners are fully qualified! I just thank my lucky stars she didn't get her rasps out on him!
 
Well at least you have them sorted now! I feel a bit the same at the moment, I had the vet to check Bodey’s teeth only a few weeks back and she said they were fine but she didn’t look very hard in my opinion and certainly didn’t feel. So I’m seriously considering getting a dentist out now, what do you think?

It just shows that you can’t believe everything people tell you.
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I think that you know your horse and if you think something is wrong then get a second opinion. People have told me that he is just naughty, or he is just sensitive - but I am so glad I got a second opinion. The EDT really did a thorough check - he stuck his whole forearm in his mouth to feel the back teeth. It's def worth it if you're not convinced.

I was just a bit gutted really that she made out she was the dogs b***ocks and knew what she was doing and she clearly didn't. I won't be making that mistake again
 
Had exactly the same thing happen, a 'dentist' saw my mare and gave her a 5 minute rasp and then went on to 'sort her back' and done my pony, I wasn't convinced of him and took them to work to see a proper EDT and her teeth were so bad her cheeks were lacerated, her lower molars (11's) were totally overgrown and looking worse than a lot of neglect cases, the other ones teeth were very sharp too plus her incisors were over grown and she could only move her lower jaw up and down instead of in a round movement, as for the back he had minced that I found out the guy had no qualifications and had messed up other peoples horses but there's no law against anyone picking up a rasp and claiming to be a dentist. A couple of tips......
Unless they are qualified human dentists they cannot call themselves dentists so avoid those! and look on the BAEDT website for qualified EDT's!
 
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A couple of tips......
Unless they are qualified human dentists they cannot call themselves dentists so avoid those! and look on the BAEDT website for qualified EDT's!

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Hmm...there are so many charlatans about - it's terrible! I just checked and the guy I had out last night is on the BAEDT site - the girl who came before is most def NOT!
 
Glad they are sorted now...don't talk to me about dentists...I have to go myself today for some root canal work...flippin dreading it!
 
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Glad they are sorted now...don't talk to me about dentists...I have to go myself today for some root canal work...flippin dreading it!

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Ewww!! Nasty! Poor you - i hope your dentist is qualified
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People don't know this but most vets only get 6 hours of training on horses teeth in the 7 years they spend at Uni. I did more than that on my first day.

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Veterinary Medicine is 5 years!!!!
 
I posted about this the other week, I had Axels teeth done by the vet and 2 months later had the dentist look at them and they were terrible.
The EDT said the vet had done the easy bits, but anything a bit difficult to get to had just been left.
 
I used the vet to 'do' the horses teeth when he went in for his annual jab and thought no more of it until a friend highly recommended a proper EDT. I thought I had better have him take a look and I am so glad I did. He sorted out all the sharp edges and even let me have a feel before and after to show me what he had done. Money well spent. He will be coming back next month for the annual check up. He explained the bit about vets only having a very short training in teeth.
 
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