Pet Dental Care Service: What Happens on the Day of a Pet Dental Care Procedure?
At Grah Kingston, we are
providing quality Cat & Dog Dental Care
Services. We are known as one of the best dogs and cat’s
dentistry clinics in Kingston open 7
days a week.
If periodontal disease is
suspected, the Pet Dental will recommend a dental procedure. A dental procedure
also called a Comprehensive Oral Health Assessment, and Treatment is a common
procedure performed at Kingston Animal Hospital. COHATs is 40% of the surgical
procedures we perform in a year.
On the morning of your pet’s
scheduled dental procedure, you will meet with one of the veterinary
technicians. They will go over an estimate, answer any questions you have, and
have you sign a consent form.
If blood work hasn’t been run
within the last month, a blood sample will be taken and run on our in-house
blood analyzers. This pre-anesthetic blood profile analyzes the complete blood
count, electrolytes, and liver and kidney values. These values let us know how
well your pet’s internal organs are functioning, and help us decide which
anesthetic medications are best for your pet.
Next, a sedative will be given to
your pet to help calm them. We will place an intravenous catheter and start
them on intravenous fluids. We will then give an anesthetic drug to allow us to
place an endotracheal tube and place them on oxygen and gas anesthetic. A
veterinary technician in our Vet Clinics Kingston will be monitoring your pet’s
heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure, oxygenation, and temperature during
the procedure.
A complete oral exam will be done
by the Dog Dental Vet. The veterinarian will document any abnormalities such as
missing or broken teeth, oral masses, and pockets around teeth indicative of
periodontal disease. We will take digital dental radiographs (Pet X-ray Service
in Kingston) of your pet’s mouth. Pet X-ray Services will show us any
periodontal disease or root resorption that is happening below the gum line.
Sometimes the crown of a tooth looks normal, but the root of the tooth is
breaking down (resorbing) or fractured. Tooth resorption becomes painful to
your pet when it reaches the gum line.
If any teeth need to be
extracted, we will give dental nerve blocks (freezing) to help reduce pain.
Once a tooth is extracted, the veterinarian will suture the site closed. These
sutures will eventually dissolve on their own.
A Pet Dentist will finish by scaling and polishing your pet’s teeth. Scaling
removes plaque from all surfaces of the tooth, including underneath the gum
line. Polishing leaves a smooth surface on the tooth, which helps prevent any
bacteria or plaque from attaching to the tooth.
Once the procedure is completed
the gas anesthetic will be turned off, and your pet will wake up. If teeth were
extracted, we will give them injectable pain medication to keep them
comfortable.
We will place them in a kennel
with lots of warm blankets, including a circulation warm water blanket. They
will continue to receive intravenous fluids, which will help to flush any
anesthetic medications from their system. The Pet Dentist will continuously
monitor your pet’s vital signs. We will call you with an update and will
arrange a time for you to pick up your pet. We will go over home care, feeding,
and medication instructions at discharge time.
If teeth were extracted, we will send home Veterinary
Service that will need to be given for a few days after surgery. Sometimes we
will also send home Veterinary Service that gives antibiotics if there was a
significant periodontal infection present. Your pet may need to be fed wet food
or softened kibble if teeth were extracted, as to not disturb the healing gum
tissue. We will schedule a recheck appointment in Vet Clinics Kingston to
assess your pet’s mouth 7 to 10 days after surgery.
Pet owners are welcome to visit
our Animal Hospital in Kingston. At our
pet dental clinic, we have Pet Dentists with years of experience who have done
their jobs in Cat Dentistry and Dog Dentistry incredibly.
