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Originally Posted by ladyjane  Veterinary medicine requires licensure. In that dentals are veterinary medicine, I am quite sure it is against the law to perform them if you are not licensed.
I have told people on YT for some time now not to diagnose and prescribe because it is practicing veterinary medicine without a license. Many think I am wrong, but one day someone is going to sue someone. Just a matter of time in my opinion. The only thing is getting a prosecutor to "care" about an animal. If it were a person, no problem.
I have seen vets charged by veterinary boards for allowing non licensed people to perform veterinary medicine on animals. I don't know if a prosecutor would go after someone for performing dentals without a license, but I think they should! People have no business doing things without proper training and I know of no school that would train people to perform dentals without the supervision of a vet. I dunno...maybe I am wrong? |
Are you saying that you feel it's against the law for me to scrape my own dogs teeth. There are people who can't pay their bills in this economy. You can try to intimidate on this list with scare tactics but I hope that not everyone will buy into it. I
can clean my own dogs teeth if I cannot afford the to pay what the vets charge for a cleaning or choose not to anesthesize my dog yearly. And people need to know that they have alternatives. Yes, if there are loose teeth or there is a severe build up of tarter and infection professional help is needed. But for routine cleaning there are many things a pet owner can do.
You sound knowledgable. Why not try to help everyone. It is a reality that teeth cleaning by most vets is, unfortunately, very expensive and not everyone can afford it. Help teach how to care for the teeth so they either don't get to the point of needing professional intervention or it's very infrequent. Unless you're a vet or vet tech who wants people to pay for yearly cleanings wouldn't you serve a better purpose by helping many?