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Originally Posted by airplane  This is exactly the point I was trying to make and what I'm talking about. You seem very knowledgeable about all this type of stuff, and certainly my veterinarian is too. He's one of the most well-respected vets in the city and runs an amazing clinic and practice of veterinary medicine. His amount of training and experience is very impressive. So it's really hard for me to question his judgement. I totally believe you about the comments about germs and pneumonia, but when I'm in the room talking to the doctor about what's best to do, and he says that in this case it's best to just do sedation, it's really hard for me to say to him that he's wrong. Cause I'm a layperson when it comes to this stuff. But then again, maybe he's right. I don't have the training that he has. But I have to be willing to trust the vet that I choose to see. |
Techs/assistants are the ones who actually do the dentals. We went over this extremely well in my classes. Vets can be wrong. Sometimes we have to do our own research. You might even want to ask other vets because they will tell you what I am telling you because I’m telling you the proper protocol. You don’t have to believe me but you are risking pneumonia which can be very dangerous in small breeds especially older ones.