What to do?? Vet or EDT??

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Am trying to make a decision before our lot are due. Two of them are very very frightened by having their teeth done. We have had a marvelous dentist for a number of years who is fantastic with the scared ones, but she is moving to another area. I am wondering whether to go down the vet route - who will be able to sedate them at the same time. But i have looked on here and other sites ect on line and there seems to be a divide as to whether the vet does as good a job as the dentist? Some people say vet every time whilst others say qualified dentist is the only option.
I am at a loss as to what to do?? I know this has been done to death before but please help me make a decision.....

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IF you go the EDT route then just make an elementary check that they HAVE got qualifications; coz in this area there IS (unbelievably) someone who does equine dentistry who's got as many qualifications as the cat.

Yes, he's a nice bloke, yes he's very good with horses, and yes, he DOES know his stuff, BUT he's got diddly-squat formal qualifications to actually do the job. To be fair, he doesn't advertise his services as being a qualified practitioner, but the frightening thing is that he advertises at all...... albeit under the banner of "equine dentistry". Having said that, I have known local vets who have worked alongside him and who have provided sedation for horses he's working on!!! Unbelievable, but true.

But just flagging this up.

My loan mare will need specific dental work come the autumn, so I'm going through this dilemma too. Her owner apparently knows someone who's a qualified vet who now specialises in EDT primarily, so think that's the route we'll be going.
 
i believe let the vets do their specialised task and the edt do theirs, but then i have a fantastic edt and i have also seen what a little job vets do to horses they need to be redone again.
 
You'll get good vets and bad dentists - but I want an expert and an EDT will spend all day doing just teeth so should be better at teeth than vets who only do teeth once in a while.
A properly qualified EDT is fantastic but they do get booked up far in advance (mine is now taking appointments for the end of August!) - I'd be suspicious of someone free tomorrow.

From a sedation perspective - ask your vet about Domestin - you give it like a wormer and it's one of the same drugs as vet IV sedation but you can buy it from the vet and it'll cost you a lot less than a vet call out fee!!
 
There's are good EDTs but it's the vet always for me now after one bad and one nightmare ( ie horse maimed for life ) experiances with EDTs I won't have one .
Most dedicated equine practises have vets who have specialised dentistry training ,mine has three vets who have specialist training in this area.
 
Agree with above, sedative from the vet and qualified, recommended EDT for teeth. Or if you need a proper sedative then still get both a vet and EDT. Can you ask around near you, perhaps there is a good EDT in your area that will be good with your horses, or is there a vet that is qualified in dentistry too.
 
Last time I had one of mine done I had the vet as he was doing the jabs anyway so it made sense to kill two birds with one stone, however he just didn't have the same knack as our dentist, and she was not her usual good self, could of just been her feeling that way out but I'd certainly go with dentist next time, if you have a good dentist that is good with the horses they know them then I'd personally stick with that.
 
I recently shared a call out so got vet, but I knew that Chloe would need sedation. Vet was fab actually. Spent a while in each mouth and even let me have a feel. Best thing was that the sedative was short acting, so by the time we'd done Henry, she was awake and ready to go out. Would definitely have him again. He certainly spent as an equine dentist.
 
A lot more vets are also qualified EDTs now so you are getting specialist teeth expertise and the ability to sedate. You can also normally end up timing it so they can do annual jabs at the same time meaning you get both jobs done at the same time. I would check out your local vets.
 
I've got one good vet that I always get to do mine as she always needs sedating, another tried to do it without sedation one year and it was the most horrific experience, the poor girl was sooo stressed, so I wont let anyone else do her teeth now!

so he will be doing my 3 this year!
 
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