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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  They do that for sure in surgery’s. Maybe a different tech was watching the stats and I missed it or was so overwhelmed I didn’t pay attention and just figured she was watching it because it appeared that way. I did my shadowing before we learned about dentals but I’m pretty positive she said that the vet is the one who normally monitors watches vitals and that unless there is dental surgery required that the techs do the dentals. |
She may have just been referring to the fact that the techs do the dentals but a vet must be supervising.
Personally, I would ask. I would not allow a dental to be done on one of mine without one dedicated person monitoring VS. Way too much can go wrong.
I am going to ask my vet today about this...I know that there are some things that AAHA requires for accreditation and some things that give extra points. Dental xrays are now strongly encouraged and they get extra points for them doing them. The dental specialist I use sometimes told me a few years ago that no vet should do dentals without doing xrays because so much can be missed. I was so happy when my vet started doing them. I "think" the monitoring thing is required. I will let you know what I find out.