The importance of your pet's dental health cannot be overstated.
Just as with humans, dental disease can be very painful and can
lead to very serious health problems with major organs in the body.
At each examination your pet's teeth will be evaluated. We may
recommend a prophylactic dental cleaning to avoid future
problems or we may find that problems have already arisen and
recommend that they be corrected before they worsen.
As with all of our procedures we will require that your pet has a
bloodwork screening prior to a dental procedure. Because of age
or present health concerns we may also recommend checking a
urine sample or other diagnostic procedures to be sure that we
can provide the safest, most appropriate options for the procedure.
Because we cannot ask a dog or cat to 'open up and say Ahh' we
will not be able to truly evaluate all of the surfaces of your pet's
teeth before anesthesia. Therefore we may find that some teeth
need to be extracted that we were unaware of before the
procedure. Fillings such as humans receive are not effective for a
pet's teeth, so extraction is the best option most of the time.
Please see What is included in my pet's anesthesia for information
on our anesthetic procedures.
While your pet is under anesthesia we will evaluate and chart each
of their teeth, remove tartar, clean the teeth with an ultrasonic
dental unit, polish the teeth, and perform extractions as needed. If
any extractions are needed we will use local blocks much as a
human dentist would.
We will request that you start your pet on antibiotics two days prior
to the dental or we will give an injectable form that day. Your pet
may also go home with pain medication after the procedure if we
have performed any extractions.
If you have misplaced your dental discharge instructions, you can
find general instructions here: Dental Discharge.
Just as with humans, dental disease can be very painful and can
lead to very serious health problems with major organs in the body.
At each examination your pet's teeth will be evaluated. We may
recommend a prophylactic dental cleaning to avoid future
problems or we may find that problems have already arisen and
recommend that they be corrected before they worsen.
As with all of our procedures we will require that your pet has a
bloodwork screening prior to a dental procedure. Because of age
or present health concerns we may also recommend checking a
urine sample or other diagnostic procedures to be sure that we
can provide the safest, most appropriate options for the procedure.
Because we cannot ask a dog or cat to 'open up and say Ahh' we
will not be able to truly evaluate all of the surfaces of your pet's
teeth before anesthesia. Therefore we may find that some teeth
need to be extracted that we were unaware of before the
procedure. Fillings such as humans receive are not effective for a
pet's teeth, so extraction is the best option most of the time.
Please see What is included in my pet's anesthesia for information
on our anesthetic procedures.
While your pet is under anesthesia we will evaluate and chart each
of their teeth, remove tartar, clean the teeth with an ultrasonic
dental unit, polish the teeth, and perform extractions as needed. If
any extractions are needed we will use local blocks much as a
human dentist would.
We will request that you start your pet on antibiotics two days prior
to the dental or we will give an injectable form that day. Your pet
may also go home with pain medication after the procedure if we
have performed any extractions.
If you have misplaced your dental discharge instructions, you can
find general instructions here: Dental Discharge.
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