Who do you choose?
This page is designed to help you make the right decision when
choosing who to have to treat your horse’s teeth.
It is important that you ask many questions when booking your appointment.
But before I suggest some questions to ask please bear in mind that,
 whatever you may be told. there are currently
NO Officially Recognised Equine Dentistry Qualifications

All Equine Dentistry Courses for non veterinarians no matter where they are from are have NO official or legal recognition.
All course providers and examiners have yet to be authorised by DEFRA with changes for exemptions to practice made to the 1966 Veterinary Act.
 This includes the Dentistry Examination provided by the
British Equine Veterinary Association/British Veterinary Dental Association.
I suggest that the following questions are asked when choosing who you use.
          1. What Equine Dentistry Certification do you hold?  
           2. Ask to see certificates eg. IAED/C or CA or EX, WWE UK/USA or
               BEVA/BVDA cert. (Course attendance certificates alone are not sufficient)

          3. Do you hold appropriate indemnity insurance? (Ask to see certificates)

          4. What Equine experience do you have?

          5. Do you use power tools on un sedated horses? (See FAQ’s)
          6. Asked to be told exactly what is being done and why.
Ensure that a comprehensive range of CLEAN disinfected instruments are used.
Remember:
Charges or Posh Sign Written Vehicles are not always an indication of competence.
 Fancy and complicated equipment isn't either, they may have it but are they
 qualified to use use it

NEVER ENTERTAIN BULLIES!
There is no excuse for bad attitude or rough handling
 All horses deserve kind and patient treatment, stop them and
send them off the yard!
The ability to perform safe, accurate and efficient dentistry is not just about clinical knowledge, although of course that is very important too, it is as much, if not more about regular practice, maintaining a good technique to avoid injury or damage within the oral cavity and developing confident, calm and patient horse handling skills to ensure that the experience is stress free for the horse, handler and client, often reducing the need for sedation for routine treatment of nervous horses who have previously needed sedation for basic dentistry.

 Horse handling is an essential skill learnt mainly through experience, not just
through teaching.
REMEMBER. . .
 “What’s in your brain goes down the rein”
Horses and clients alike pick up on the handlers confidence or hostile/calm emotions  which WILL affect you and your horse and are NEVER FORGOTTEN
PLEASE CHOOSE WISELY

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