Horse Dentists in Cheshire

Where in Cheshire are you? The veterinary practice Wright & Morton are excellent, as two of their vets are also qualified EMTs - you get the best of both worlds!
 
amandaco2 said:
Ivan stockdale
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I use Ivan and have done for years. He's great with youngsters and explains everything he's doing as he goes along.

Highly recommended but i know he has a long waiting list so might have to get your visit in when he's in the area or get a group of you to book at the same time.
 
Ivan doesn't take on new customers anymore (and his secretary will be rude if you ask about it!). I don't like using vets unless you have to sedate.
I use Mark Edmunds. He's a pain in the bum to get hold of but so patient with the horses and really knows his stuff. Plus he's cheap as chips (I wouldn't take that as a sales point more of an added bonus).
 
hmm re mark edmunds (not a qualified EDT) and just had a horse on our yard done by Tom Walters from THomason Walters vets and it looks suspiciously like Mark Edmonds has missed a fractured tooth in a horse and not treated it and now it looks like problems ahead for this horse

Who are your vets? Tom Walters can do teeth (with all the new electric equipment) and came highly recommended by Ivan Stockdale. Ivan categorically said no to new customers when i asked and told me to get Tom Walters instead, and have used Tom for 3 years now and he is fantastic, takes his time and sorts things out!
 
Thanks everyone for your replies. Lots of people had already told me about Ivan Stockdale, and that he wasnt taking anymore clients on :(. That was the main reason i thought i'd ask the people on here. I have sent a few emails off to some of the people you have recommended, so i hope i get sorted. Just thought it was time for her to have a dental check up, as she hasnt had one yet, during the time i have owned her (2 years). Not that she has any problems, apart for some head tossing, which made me think that her teeth may now need rasping.

I'll let you all know who i end up using and how i get on.

Thanks again. And if anyone can recommend anybody else, then please let me know
:)
 
What a coincidence, just had Kathryn Thomas out to our horses today. She is excellent and very, very good with the horses. Mark (from Wright and Morten) is good but would terrify my mare as soon as he walked in the stable just because he's a tall man. Kathryn is able to get the job done and is very sympathetic. Had her out a couple of times and she's been great both times.
http://www.kt-equinedentistry.co.uk
 
Asha said:
Tom - from Thomas and Walters. Pretty sure Ivan trained him. Hes very good.
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Tom looks after my boys too. Managed to get Ivan once as he had regular visits to a yard I was on and he praised the work that Tom had done previously. Asha is correct, Tom did train with him.
 
mark from wright and morten. highly qualified and very experienced. plus the vet practice has free call out days to your area.
 
Ivan stockdale and Craig Griffiths are both qualified edt's. There is a list on the Internet and there's not about 5/6 for the Cheshire area when I looked. The name robin Harding rings a bell as well. I use Craig Griffiths and couldnt fault him. Gentle and patient with the horses. Gets the owners involved. Let's you feel the sharp spikes in horses mouth etc.
 
Many thanks to everyone, again.

I am getting some response from the emails i have sent out. But i am beginning to understand that the vets seem to prefer to use sedation, and the EDT are not allowed to use it?

What are the benefits, for and against sedation, before i make a decision. How does it effect the horse? I dont know if my girl has ever been seen by a dentist before, so i dont know how she will react. She can be a bit skitty and mareish, so i am a little worried that she wouldnt stand still without some form of sedation to calm her down. What does everyone else think?
 
Another vote for Craig Griffiths from me!

Re sedation, in my experience most horses cope fine without it so I'd always try and avoid it if at all possible.

When Craig came to see my mare a month or so ago (first time since I bought her) he found she'd lost some teeth and overgrown ones were bearing down into the spaces left and causing pain. He thought he'd have to ask me to get the vet out for sedation but my good girl coped fine without it as it turned out. So I think if you have a good EDT, they can sometimes work wonders that a generalist vet would have to use sedation to achieve.
 
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