Re: [RC] Equine Dentist vs Vet teeth floating - rackinfool
Kathy and all,
yes that is the one drawback with the Equine
Dentists that they cannot give the sedative. The Equine Dentist in my area, and
who has also taken out the woman staying with me for dental work, has a Vet that
doesn't want to do much Vet practice so she comes to his jobs and administers
the shot.
I personally am most impressed with both the
local Dentist and with this woman that is staying with me. They seem to know so
much about the problems that incorrect dentistry can do.
In fact the first time the local Dentist looked
at one of my geldings, he said I bet he has a hard time going to the left. I was
stunned, because I have been having problems with him turning or even lounging
to the left. He said he has a ridge on his teeth that make it painful for him.
He is coming out in a couple of weeks and the
two of them will float all of my horses.
Now as to some of the replies that don't feel
that they need to float every year, I have to say, that from all the Vets and
equine Dentists I have talked to, once a year is a must. Even babies under one
year have sharp hooks.
When I was up in Canada in May there was a
clinician of Equine Dentistry and I learned a lot from him, once a year is the
max that a horse should go.
Subject: [RC] Equine Dentist vs Vet teeth
floating
I've had experiences going both ways. Out in CA my most
excellent vet did an excellent float. There are also excellent Equine
Dentists out there. But there is one (was out in CA) who is not a DVM
and yet would sedate illegally without having a DVM on hand.
There was a big bru-ha-ha about it a couple years ago. The worst
part though was atleast one "float" done by this person took so much tooth
off a teenage TB that the horse's molars no longer touched.
Horses do not have unlimited amount of dental material. Once the
last of the tooth has errupted and is gone, there is no more
tooth.
On the other hand, while I have an excellent vet here in NM I
asked him about floating Blue's teeth and he said Blue doesn't need to be
done and might not need to be done for years. I know this is
not right because Blue has an overbite and needs dental work more often
than once every 5 years! I will be getting recommendations from this
area for someone to do Blue's teeth and I'll go with either a
regular veterinarian or equine dentist, whoever comes highly
recommended.
So, I think it really depends on the person. I don't
want to see a non-DVM sedating my horse. All sedation carries risk no
matter how slight. OK, this is completely noncommital but I hope it
helps.
