What does Dental Cleaning involve?
Dental prophy (or cleaning) is considered a surgery and your pet will undergo general anesthesia. Although there may be some risks to anesthesia, we use the safest anesthetics available and closely monitor your pet during the procedure. Prior to anesthesia we recommend bloodwork to evaluate your pet’s health so that we can tailor our anesthesia and procedures just for them. This bloodwork also helps in determining if there are any indicators that your pet may not be the best candidate for anesthesia, therefore preventing possible complications. Dental prophy involves many different processes which include; ultrasonic scaling to remove the tartar and plaque from the teeth; fine polishing to smooth the surface of the teeth; Fluoride treatment to help strengthen the enamel, and using a dental probe in the areas surrounding each tooth to detect for cavities, pockets of infection, or gum recession. If indicated we may need to take radiographs of the teeth and possibly do a periodontal treat
