THE HORSE GAZETTE
letter to the editor
Dear Editor: the ability to know that the available, nor would I want horse the smallest amount and dental techs when they
would I ever trust his heath
I have been read- strange person who has just to guess as to how much of sedation they need to have NOT graduated from
and well being to a “non
ing over the last several put a speculum in its mouth my horse should be given to get the job done, and to act a recognized school. UN
professional” dental equine
months the articles and is not going to hurt him. allow a non-veterinarian to in my horses best interest. professionally trained per-
tech. I want someone with
letters regarding the issue Therefore when my horses do dental work on my horse. And if in the worst-case sons (tooth floaters) that
more than 40 hours of class-
of who should be doing the teeth are done, I want him Every horse is different and scenario something does go use terms and letters such as
room working on my horse.
dental work on my horse. sedated enough that he is they react differently to the wrong, I have my veterinar- equine dentist, equine den-
And no my farrier does not
It has caused me to read calm, and is in no pain, and drugs that are used on them. ians professional liability tal technician, “EqDT”, and
need to be a veterinarian, as
and read and to look into can be free of any anxiety The veterinarian I use for insurance and the Virginia practicing equine dentistry.
some have suggested. My
the amount of hours my while having someone work my horse dentals has gone Board of Health Professions This is Fraudulent and
farrier might trim a horse
veterinarian has versus an in his mouth. I would not to school at a great expense, to fall back on. Not that is deceptive to the public.
too short one day, or put in
equine dental tech. have someone other than not to mention the countless suing my vet or making a They do NOT have a degree
a bad nail. The hoof will
First off when I go a licensed veterinarian do number of years he spent in complaint would bring back from a proper or accredited
grow out, but once a bolt
to the dentist I have the abil- a castration or stitch up a pre vet school, vet school my horse’s health should school to back any of these
cutter type of instrument is
ity to know what is going laceration, and would never and then graduate school. something really bad hap- terms and letters up. None
taken to a horses tooth and
to happen while I am in the allow these to be preformed Every time I have my vet pen. But with a “lay per- of these over night wonder
the pulp is destroyed, that
chair and that the Doctor is on my horse without him be- out for whatever reason, I son” or equine dental tech schools of equine dentistry
can’t be fixed.
not going to hurt me, and if ing sedated. So why would pay for that knowledge they have no insurance be- are accredited by any au-
There are laws that
I need some medication to I consider having his teeth and the peace of mind that cause they are not thought thority.
keep non-professionals from
keep me from having any done without sedation? I my veterinarian is going to of as professionals in the I guess what I am
working on humans, and the
pain or to ease any anxiety would not. Since I am not “Do No Harm” to my horse insurance world. trying to convey, is my
same rules should apply to
I can have that. However a veterinarian, I do not have and to do the best job he or Tooth floaters horse should get no less the
the horses. - Cheryl Ander-
my horse does not have the sedation medication she can. To only give my claim to be equine dentists professional treatment that
son, Stephenson, VA
I enjoy as a human, so why
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