October 2024 Monthly Special
Let's Save Those Pearly Whites!
It is much harder for your pet to pick up it's food if the front teeth are missing, and it is much harder to chew food if several of the pre-molars and molars are loose, infected, or missing. Dental disease is the most common medical abnormality that affects dogs and cats. Many dogs and cats start developing periodontal disease (the loss of bone and tissues around the tooth roots) due to infection below the "gum-line" by 4 years of age. Your pet doesn't have to have visible tarter to have periodontal disease.
Anesthesia is necessary to clean all of the surfaces of the teeth (including the spaces between the gum tissue and the teeth), check for pockets of infection around the tooth roots, to inspect all of the teeth to see if they are loose, cracked, or have the equivalent of cavities, and to take dental X-Rays. The anesthetics that we use today are much safer than what we had available 20 or more years ago.
Pets experience discomfort when they have dental disease but they don't know how to tell us and they rarely stop eating. We believe what is best for your pet's health and comfort and the best way to avoid tooth loss is to schedule an anesthetic teeth cleaning at least once a year beginning at 4 years of age for all dogs and cats.
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