[drivingpairs] Re: equine dentistry

>This is not about driving but it is important to our equine's health so I'll
>keep it short.  The Alberta Veterinary Medical Association continues to
>fight Equine Dentists for the control and monopolization of the equine
>dentistry field and ultimately all animal health care. This is very negative
>for the Equine Dentist industry and in the end, the horse.
>
>Anyone in Alberta, Canada who would like to have choices when it comes to
>*who* does their equine dentistry please contact me privately at
>koenenb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>My apologies if this post was inappropriate for this list.
>
>Thanks,
>Cindy
>
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Hi Cindy,

While i can understand your feelings for this situation and while you 
may have had good experiences with lay people floating your horse's 
teeth, there are other situations that veterinarians see that would 
shock you, like broken jaws, tongue lacerations, cracked teeth, 
severed palentine arteries, and most commonly nerve damage to the 
tongue because without sedation, most lay dentists use it as a 
handle.  Also....think of how dangerous it is for the people standing 
around to have a horse with a huge metal speculum on its 
mouth....ever get whacked in the head with that ?  What they are 
doing in Canada as they have done in many states is to make dentistry 
a veterinary procedure.  Veterinarians are regulated by the state and 
nationally and have standard level of practice that they must adhere 
to to have a licence to practice just like your human dentist does 
and has to attend at least 20 hours of continuing education per year. 
This is all done for your horses and your saftey and to give you 
better service from trained professionals.

gone are the days when you could ask your farrier to take off your 
horses sharp edges...there is a lot more to dentistry than that.

Wendy Ying,DVM
Irish Hobby Farm
Bluemont, Virginia
www.irishdraught.us
wendy@xxxxxxxx
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