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Dental Care


Dental care for your pet is more than just eliminating stinky breath!  It is essential for your pet's overall health.  Dental tartar build up can lead to infection and inflammation of the gums (gingivitis), recession of the gums and loose teeth.  This bacterial infection in the mouth causes constant shedding of bacteria into the blood stream and can lead to heart, liver and kidney problems. 

We provide full dentistry services for all stages of dental disease.  Our patients have dental procedures under general anesthesia.  Every animal has an intravenous catheter in place to receive iv fluids and medications during the procedure and their vitals are monitored with our anesthetic monitoring equiptment.  We use an ultrasonic scaler to remove tarter followed by a dental polishing and fluoride treatment.  Diseased teeth are extracted and patients are sent home with antibiotics and pain medication if indicated. 

 

Dogs with stage 2 (above) and Stage 3 (below) dental disease - prior to dentistry