Thrive Pet Healthcare - The Heights

Regular wellness exams allow us to catch underlying health problems early, provide consistent preventative care, and support your pet’s overall health and well-being. 

Our veterinarians are skilled in diagnosing common problems that affect our pets like vomiting, itching, lumps, limping, and more. 

Vaccines are essential for preventive care and can increase the chances of a longer, happier life for pets. Ensuring that pets are consistently up to date with their vaccinations can help prevent contracting disease or help lessen the severity of symptoms if a disease is contracted.

Another key component of helping to maintain your pet’s health and happiness is having them on reliable, consistent heartworm preventative.  

Heartworm disease is serious and potentially fatal to our dogs and cats. Heartworms are spread by mosquito bites and can grow up to a foot long, living in the heart and lungs of our beloved pets.  

Fleas can cause itchy skin, skin infections, and spread tapeworms. Ticks can carry disease such as Lyme Disease, Ehrlichiosis, and more. 

From routine cleanings to tooth extractions, the Thrive Pet Healthcare network of Primary Care veterinarians and Dental Specialists is here to keep your pet's smile fresh! Our general practices can take care of everyday dental maintenance with outstanding regular check-ins, cleanings, and basic surgeries.

Meanwhile, our specialty veterinarians are prepared to handle more complex or chronic dental cases like a root abscess, jaw fracture, abnormal tooth formation, or advanced periodontal disease. These doctors are highly trained within the field of veterinary dentistry and have access to specialized equipment, typically unavailable at primary care clinics. 

Unless you intend to breed, we recommend having pets spayed or neutered. Pets that have been spayed or neutered tend to live longer and have healthier lives.

It's hard to provide care without knowing the root of what is ailing your pet, which is why diagnostic testing is so important. Diagnostic testing can include laboratory testing (blood, urine, and fecal) and diagnostic imaging like X–rays, CT, MRI, and ultrasound. 

We will be by your side during this time of need to offer both medical assistance and emotional support. 

While some surgeries are available through your primary care clinic, some advanced or complex procedures require skills, expertise, and specialized equipment unavailable at your local vet. Our surgical teams work closely with referring primary, specialty, and emergency care veterinarians to ensure their clients can access advanced surgical care for their pets.

The occasional taps, scrapes, and scratches that happen when playing with your pet means it's time for a trip to your local veterinarian or boarding facility! Trimming your pet's nails is a healthy part of their life, and can lead to greater comfort in everyday activity.

In addition to treating dental conditions, our doctors perform advanced oral maxillofacial surgeries (OMFS) such as tumor removals, fracture repairs, salivary gland surgery, and trauma reconstruction. We use many of the same diagnostic and sterile surgical treatment methods that human surgeons use, such as standard computed tomography (CT), cone beam CT, piezoelectric surgical units, and bone plating with titanium plates specially made for the oral maxillofacial region.

Routine tooth extractions can typically be performed by a primary care veterinarian, but in the event of severe disease or damage, extractions may be referred to a veterinary dental specialist.

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 mandibular canines and first molars, 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.

Pet dental health care involves more than the portion of the tooth above the gum line. There is a great deal of anatomy that can't be seen without veterinary dental radiographs! Veterinary dental radiography, commonly called “x-rays”, is often used for diagnosis, treatment planning, and follow-up evaluation of a pet's dental health.

At Thrive Pet Healthcare, our dental specialists use digital X-ray sensors instead of traditional photographic film. Digital radiography provides many more benefits than traditional X-ray film, including:

When performing digital dental x-rays, the digital sensor is placed into the mouth of the dog or cat, providing a clear and well-defined radiograph of the pet’s teeth and jaw. To ensure that these clear, readable images are obtained, the pet must be asleep under anesthesia.