Vets and teeth

Depends on the vet. Some are very good, some dont know very much and ive had one that used a power tool and did far too much, despite doing all the additional training.
But then dentists are the same- some are good, some bad. I now have a BEVA approved/listed/whatever its called lady dentist and shes brilliant. I had phoned several but all the men had egos the size of america and i didnt like their attitude!
 
my vets are fab and very knowledgable so I'm happy to use them, also handy incase any sedation is needed in the case of non routine works.

It really does depend on the vets though because I know some who have made a mess of a horses mouth, same can be said of some dentists so always best to go on other peoples recommendations.
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Yes I do..use Chine House in Leics..they have a good webpage all about dentistry on their site and I opted to use them. They do it the same times as the vaccs so works quite well and I am really happy with them.
 
yws my vet needs to do one of my horses teeth as she has diastemas so he needs to do her teeth and she also needs to be heavily dedated to do it as electric diastem tools are require therefore im happy for him to do all the horses teeth
 
teddyt said:
Depends on the vet. Some are very good, some dont know very much and ive had one that used a power tool and did far too much, despite doing all the additional training.
But then dentists are the same- some are good, some bad. I now have a BEVA approved/listed/whatever its called lady dentist and shes brilliant. I had phoned several but all the men had egos the size of america and i didnt like their attitude!
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Agree with this 100% :) The only time I've had the vet to do my mare, they were a bit useless tbh - and also lacked horse sense :( She had to be sedated for them to do her. However, my friend uses her equine vets to do hers and they are fab.

I always have a dentist now - I've been lucky to find some good ones who have both been horsemen first and dentists second. Both of the ones I've used have been able to do her without sedation and I'm confident that they have done a good job :)
 
Personally would always go for my equine dentist. Teeth are their specialism and that is what they do day in day out
 
My vet does my horses, twice a year because my Mare needs to be seen that often. I have her sedated because it makes it easier for the vet to do a thorough job. My vet sends the people in his group for regular refresher courses to make sure they are doing a good job and are trained to use power tools or hand tools. I would not use a dentist simply because I prefer my mare to have a tiny dose of happy juice.
 
I use a horse dentist who is qualified and excellent in what he does- we use him because he is good with the horses and a good price too, if he can't rasp a horse or a horse needs further treatment he will tell me to get my vets out instead- who luckily also specialise in teeth- so no horses with bad teeth in my yard!
 
VictoriaEDT said:
i get the vet to do my horses teeth - he specialises in reptiles......
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He's a brave vet rasping those crocodiles teeth- surely must need a bit of dope first!

Seriously though there are good and bad dentists and also vets that are naff at teeth too!......
 
rosiefronfelen said:
BAEDTdentist are qualified to administer this too.
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Rosiefronfelen - Correct me if I am wrong but are you suggesting that Dental Technicians are able to sedate horses prior to treatment?

I only ask because I am almost certain that this is not the case and that only a veterinary surgeon can prescribe sedation. If there is a EDT claiming to be able to sedate horses and is BAEDT qualified I think the BAEDT may want to know!
 
Oooo, I've been wondering about this, has anyone had the vets at Rossdales do their horses? Thinking about getting them to do my mare when they're out doing vacc etc., but I'm not sure.....
 
i have my horses vaccination and teeth done at the same time by my vet its usefull as one of them has to be sedated i think like all things you get good and bad ones so its a matter of preference.
 
Hello!

Grrrr.... Don't get me started.... lol!

I always just got my vet to check/rasp my horse's teeth at vaccination time.
Big mistake.

I have to hold up my hands and admit it was my own naievity that really let my girl down, I should have known better but I trusted that a vet would be knowledgeable enough to recognise anything majorly wrong with her mouth. Wrong!

A 'real' equine dentist saw her for the first time this year and he nearly had a hairy canary at the state of her mouth (to be fair he has a rep as a bit of a drama queen) but I couldn't believe she'd had dodgy teeth all this time and no-one (me included) had ever known. Totally mortified and wracked with guilt.

She has just finished a second round of surgery and we are awaiting another. I can't help thinking if I had just known better and gone with a fully qualified dentist all along this would never have happened to my poor girl.

I was unlucky - I know there are vets out there who are very knowledgeable (my new ones are actually brilliant!) but I certainly won't take the risk again.

am bad mother :(
 
I used to until the last time they were done! the vet couldnt cope with my 23 year old pony? who wasnt really doing anything and had backed him self in the corner and was as still as anything, but she still wanted to sedate him! Then she still managed to catch something in his mouth and made him bleed ( A lot ) it was pouring out! I was really worried. And she just left him! said she couldnt do any more as there was to much blood and to call her out in a couple of days. So I phoned the next day to get her to come out the day after! And got told she was on holiday and that i couldnt get a free call out fee and the teeth re done with no charge until she got back to explain what had happened. so after that I am not going to use them again! Obviously I know that just one bad experience but they way she acted and dodged her way out of owning up to her actions is un excusable.
 
In my experience vets tend to either want to do teeth or don't. Like EDTs they are either passionate about it and specialise in dentistry or they hate it and don't really care. I'm lucky to work alongside some really passionate vets and we bounce ideas off each other. Some I've met really don't care tho and are happy to pass it over to an EDT.

Recommendations are always good to go on.
 
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