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Here's hoping they catch the guy. You would think the business name would have tipped these owners off, not to mention the conditions under which he offered to do the surgeries.
Also, I think if the owner is dumb enough to do an ear removal (all the vets I worked with refused to do it because it is very painful), then they probably are dumb enough not to care who does it.
If only people would get as outraged about all the illegal anesthesia free pet dentistry facilities in Cali....
This. I cringe everytime some client comes in and either admits they've had it done to the vet or inquires about it because we will be hearing the doctors go off about it later.
I can't imagine why anyone would even try to attempt to clean an animals teeth when they are wide awake. The money is not enough considering the risk of being hurt.
I had a lady the other day wondering why her dog had such bad dental disease - she had had dentals done 'elsewhere' every 6 months for years! After some coaxing, it eventually came out that it was one those anesthesia-free cleanings. Useless. But she said she was going to go back to those because our dental was too expensive + anesthesia was too scary. 😡
It was a new client, and she came for a "second opinion" which she completely disregarded. I doubt we'll ever see her again. We try, but some people are just hopeless.. 🙁Wow. Normally once we explain to clients why those places are unsafe and illegal they usually come around.
Wow. Normally once we explain to clients why those places are unsafe and illegal they usually come around.
Dentistry done by a layman in California is in violation of the California Veterinary Practice Act and is illegal. Anesthesia free dental cleanings done by technicians with little training and no Xrays does nothing but improve the cosmetic state of the teeth and can cause people to believe that their pet's teeth are in good condition, when in fact the pet is suffering from dental disease that needs veterinary treatment.Explain it to me because I don't see how it is illegal or how it is unsafe. As long as the instruments are cleaned properly and used by competent hands I don't see the risk to the animal. And I certainly don't know enough about the law to see it is illegal. If a groomer can express anals why can't someone clean teeth.
At the clinic where I was we did many "standing" dentals which are essentially the same thing. It is no substitute for a true dental, but it has its place.
Those are technicians under supervision of a veterinarian, which is different than some groomer with a scaler and a side business cleaning teeth, which is what Canine Care is. They require no certification other then their training course, taught by a layperson. In California, this falls under the definition of practicing veterinary medicine without a license.
The American Veterinary Dental College considers anesthesia free dental care below the standard of care. Reasons are listed in the link.
They have been an excellent addition to our services as they are able to examine the whole mouth in ways that we could never imagine doing.
OK, I might be totally clueless, but this statement makes no sense to me. How can one of these services be able to examine the whole mouth in a way that can't be performed either during a PE or a dental Tx in a vet clinic?
I'd like to hear details on how these places are better able to examine a mouth than a vet service could, because that doen't make much sense to me.
I'd be happy to anwer 🙂 The technicians do a 6 point probe on each tooth in the patients mouth during the cleaning. This is the part that during a physical exam a veterinarian (under normal circumstances) is not able to do.
OK, I still don't get it. if a vet practice wanted to offer that service, they should be just as capable of doing it as a non-vet service. IE. 'Mr X, we see that fido likely needs a dental, we would like to do a more throrough dental exam in preparation for the dental. We'll do X, Y, Z to determine if a full cleaning/extractions/etc are necessary.' present estimate for care.
I must really be missing something to not understand why a tech at a vet clinic is less competent to do this than someone outside of a vet clinic.