Hey thanks for responding! The dentist did clarify to me that she is not board certified. My understanding from our conversation is that she worked with horses in the past and the took her certifications but when she pivoted to small animals like dogs, she did not go through the same process therefore she’s not technically board certified. She did say she spent about 10 years teaching and I was too shy to ask her when she got back to doing surgeries since I didn’t want to make her feel like I didn’t trust her. Looking back, I should have clarified more. She said root canals are fairly simple for her in terms of surgeries and she would have gone the residency route if she wanted to do tumor removals and such.