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HALE VETERINARY CLINIC DENTAL AND ORAL SURGERY FOR PETS |
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| Providing Referral Dental Services Since 1991 |
| Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
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HALE VETERINARY CLINIC DENTAL AND ORAL SURGERY FOR PETS |
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| Providing Referral Dental Services Since 1991 |
| Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
We
are excited to welcome Dr. Martin Hamilton to our team at Hale Veterinary
Hospital!
Dr. Hamilton has enjoyed getting to know our patients, clients, extended team of
veterinary professionals,
and all of our referring practice Veterinarians. Join us in extending a warm
welcome to Dr. Hamilton!
Here’s a bit more about Dr. Hamilton:
Martin Hamilton graduated from the
University of Edinburgh in 2016, working in a small animal general practice
for two years before moving to Canada in 2018. He continued to work in small
animal general practice in Toronto,
before moving to Ottawa in 2020 to undertake a residency in veterinary dentistry
and oral surgery.
Following completion of his
residency, Dr Hamilton moved to Guelph in 2023 to
join the team at Hale Veterinary Clinic, where he looks forward to helping
patients from the local community and beyond.
Martin enjoys
keeping active in his spare time, as well as cooking and gardening.
Martin and his fiancée, Sarah, are kept entertained by their three crazy cats
– Oliver, Bucky, and MacGregor.
To enter and browse site, click here
The
Steps for Arranging a Referral/Visit
or for Advice on a Case
STEP ONE
Veterinarians
must follow all of the steps in
How to Refer
even when just asking for advice on a case and send everything to info@toothvet.ca
STEP
TWO
Guidelines for owners
or veterinarians for sending images
for telemedicine.
Good images help immensely when triaging cases
and offering guidance.
STEP THREE
As
of April 3, 2023, we are welcoming clients into our office but we will continue
to
require that a mask be warn by all visitors.
STEP FOUR
Pet owners must read this information package, complete the
form on the last page and send it to us by email - Client Package.
STEP FIVE
If
the pet is not up to date on its rabies protection,
review our Policy
on Rabies Vaccine Status and
watch this video for a detailed
discussion of the reasons for it.
"How
much and when?" Those are the two most common questions we get.
This bulletin explains why there is no simple answer to either question.
Top Two Questions
To just enter and browse this site, you may click here.
To view educational articles/videos on dental and oral health issues, click here.
My You Tube channel can be found here
And visit our facebook page as well
We
are again accepting instruments for sharpening by appointment.
You must call to schedule your
instruments' arrival.
and here is a flier on this service - Sharpening
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To find a veterinary dentist near you and a lot more information for owners and the profession.
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Formerly
the American Veterinary Dental Society and publisher of the
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To find a list of products with credible evidence to back their claims.
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AAHA Dental Care Guidelines |
CVO's Position on Veterinary Dentistry |
Anesthesia-Free Dentistry | More on Anesthesia-Free Dentistry |
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The American Animal Hospital Association published their first guidelines for providing veterinary dental care as of 2005. Here are the 2019 guidelines Is your veterinarian offering this level of care? Be sure to ask. |
The College of Veterinarians of Ontario published this position statement in 2008 on the provision of veterinary dental care in Ontario. All veterinarians in Ontario should be adhering to this policy. Does yours? Be sure to ask. |
In Ontario, Anesthesia Free Tooth Grooming is not currently (2019) illegal. The logic in the court ruling was that since veterinarians do not offer this, it is not "practicing veterinary medicine without a license". Why do veterinarians in Ontario not offer this? Because it is considered malpractice to do so. So lay people with no valid training and no regulation are allowed to do this. What could possibly go wrong? Here is my statement on this situation written in January of 2018. And my video, recorded April 2020 The Ontario court ruling from 2017 with my comments. |
Regardless of jurisdiction or current regulations, Anesthesia-Free Dentistry is a terrible idea and should be avoided completely. Here is a clip from the Veterinary News Network The American Veterinary Dental College has several resources on the subject. This page has links to various AVDC Position Statements, including the one on Anesthesia-Free Dentistry And the AVDC has a lot more information here. The Royal College of
Veterinary Surgeons also has a I
have placed these and other resources on this page: |
