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About Us
Dental Services for Dogs & Cats
We created the Pet Dental Clinic to offer pet parents an alternative solution for the everyday dental needs of their cats and dogs. By concentrating our care on the treatment of dental and oral disease in pets, we help release day-to-day pressure on local general practice veterinarians. In many ways, we are like a general dentist who provides teeth cleaning, dental X-rays, preventive oral care, and basic tooth extractions for humans.
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Our Veterinary Services
As a general practice dental-only veterinary clinic, we provide a comprehensive range of routine dental services for dogs and cats. Our most common services and treatments include:
- Oral & Dental examinations & consultations
- Professional teeth cleaning including ultrasonic scaling and polishing
- Dental Radiography (Digital, Intra-oral dental X-rays)
- General laboratory services- Including complete blood count and serum chemistries
- Basic therapy and treatment for periodontal disease
- Tooth extractions & associated general oral surgery
- Biopsy of oral masses
- Uncomplicated tooth fractures or enamel/dentin defect repair
- General anesthesia for all dental and oral procedures
- Dental Nerve blocks and pain management
- Support and education for pet dental home care, tooth brushing, and oral care
Most tooth extractions require an incision of the gingiva and minimal removal of bone to ensure extraction of the entire tooth. Care should be taken especially when extracting teeth, as improper technique can lead to jaw fractures.
Surgical extraction sites are sutured closed to prevent complications during the healing process. The sutures dissolve and fall out over a period of 2-6 weeks.
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Frequently Asked Questions
We will notify you the day before surgery with instructions around withholding food and water. Generally, we suggest taking the food away the night before the procedure. Your pet can have access to water until he/she comes in the next morning.
Please continue with your pet’s regular medication schedule, even on the morning of the procedure. You may give your pet a small amount of food if needed with their medication (please notify the team upon arrival if this is the case).
For any other individual preparations, our team will contact you before your pet’s procedure.
Fear of general anesthesia is a natural concern voiced by many pet parents when a dental procedure is recommended. However, the risk of chronic oral infection, for example, is far greater than the risk of an anesthetic complication.
When we have our own teeth scaled by a dentist or hygienist, we sit in the chair and open our mouth when requested, letting the professional do their work. We understand why the procedure is important and typically do not need sedation or restraint. Unfortunately, we cannot explain the importance of these procedures to our dogs and cats. They would likely flinch, try to wriggle away, or fight the process out of instinct, putting both themselves and their care team at risk. By using general anesthesia during professional dental cleaning and dental procedures we can:
- Ensure that nothing is missed during examination and treatment
- Produce clear digital dental radiographs for optimal diagnosis
- Prevent discomfort for your pet
- Minimize risk for both your pet and our team members
- Provide the highest level of dental care for your pet
Most pets with painful dental conditions do not show clinical signs that are obvious to their caregiver, but this does not mean that they are not feeling pain. They cannot tell you about the pain, plus animals tend to instinctually hide signs of illness or weakness.
Many painful dental conditions develop gradually and are more common in middle-aged and older pets. As a result, behavior that their human interprets as “acting grumpy” may be the result of dental pain. Pet parents often observe that their pet acts “years younger” following dental treatment!
Signs of oral and dental diseases in dogs and cats:
- Bad breath.
- Loose teeth or teeth that are discolored or covered in tartar.
- Your pet shies away from you when you touch the mouth area.
- Drooling or dropping food from the mouth.
- Bleeding from the mouth.
- Loss of appetite or loss of weight (this combination can result from diseases of many organs, and early veterinary examination is important).
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