Your pet gets our full attention every step of the way.
OUR SERVICES
Thorough cleaning and assessment remove plaque and tartar, protect against gum disease, address periodontal pocketing, and include X-rays to uncover other possible hidden issues. This proactive care improves health and well-being.
This is where periodontal disease starts and treatments begin.
Dental disease, when not addressed soon enough, commonly affects the liver, lungs, and heart. It’s been proven time and again that reducing dental problems can even prolong an animal’s life span. Regular cleaning and thorough dental care is a well-deserved gift for your companion.
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Prolongs health and well-being
Prevents bone loss and infections
Thorough assessment of enamel
Detects start of bone loss
Treatment for low grade periodontal disease
Allows for imaging to assess below the gumline
Benefits of Regular Cleanings:
Cleaning and polishing are performed with care, professionalism, and an artist’s touch. The surface may not be where discomfort lives, but it is where it starts.
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Dental Cleaning
Cleaning and polishing are performed with care, professionalism, and an artist’s touch. The surface may not be where discomfort lives, but it is where it starts.
The real magic happens with the use of specialized tools and a skilled touch to clean below the gumline, where tartar and plaque eat at the bone, leading to serious dental problems, like gum disease and tooth root infections
Dental disease commonly affects the liver, lungs, and heart. It’s been proven time and again that reducing dental problems can prolong an animal’s life span. Regular cleaning and thorough dental care is a well-deserved gift.
The most important part of dental care is using X-rays to check the roots of dogs, cats, and other animals’ teeth. This is where hidden pain can lurk and where problems spread into the rest of the body. It also uncovers root fracturs and other sources of pain. This can only be performed on sedated animals.
Even flossing every day doesn’t prevent the need for us to get a cleaning at a dental clinic. Pets need it too. It’s up to us to help prevent and identify problems before they grow.
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All about PET dental cleaning
Prolongs health and well-being
Prevents bone loss and infections
Thorough assessment of enamel
Detects start of bone loss
Treatment for low grade periodontal disease
Allows for imaging to assess below the gumline
Benefits of Regular Cleanings:
Safe and compassionate sedation is the cornerstone of many dental procedures. Each pet receives an individualized plan, using advanced monitoring and protocols to minimize stress, ensure safety, and provide effective pain management. We provide anesthesia for animals of all ages and an array of disabilities.
It’s worth the time of a free consult to learn more about what we do and if your loved one is able to receive help that will increase their quality of life. We understand our limitations and when it would be best to perform with an anesthesiologist or not at all.
Enables precise imaging and thorough treatment
Reduces stress for pets
Allows safe intervention
Personalized plans for smoother recovery
Benefits of Sedation and Anesthesia
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Sedation & Anesthesia
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The science of anesthesia:
Advanced techniques from critical care settings studied and adopted.
An individualized approach is taken for every dog, cat, or other creature. Protocols have been adopted from critical care settings, where the frailest patients must undergo necessary procedures. Utilizing state-of-the art monitoring and a multimodal approach we provide anesthesia for animals of all ages and an array of disabilities.
We understand medical limitations and risks. We will thoroughly assess and discuss the risk vs benefits for your individual pet. From geriatric patients to heart murmurs, we will work with you to provide all the information necessary for the best decision.
Every pet has 5 points of monitoring as well as a ventilator to minimize reduced oxygen and the up’s and downs of anesthesia. Our equipment is maintained regularly and optimized for animal care.
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All about Sedation & Anesthesia
The art of anesthesia:
The protocols take into account personality & mental wellbeing. This isn’t a paint by numbers service.
Enables precise imaging and thorough treatment
Reduces stress for pets
Allows safe intervention
Personalized plans for smoother recovery
Benefits of Sedation and Anesthesia
One of the struggles commonly faced are heart murmurs. Some patients require specialized facilities and an anesthesiologist present while others can have altered protocols and do well with time minimized
A great example of this is that often heart murmurs and heart conditions progress faster due to dental disease. The risk of cleaning with modified individualized anesthetic protocols may have a rather low risk along with the huge benefit of greater wellbeing for a longer time. Other patients will require radiology or a consult with a cardiologist before a cleaning is worthwhile. We can help you make an educated decision, making sure it’s the best choice for your pet, all thing considered.
Anesthetic Recovery
For most patients’ anesthesia is smooth and recovery is routine. We do not attempt to work on other patients unless all the vitals monitored are consistently stable and it’s safe to allow them space to finish waking up slowly, on their own accord. Some patients are sensitive to medications and require more care than most. This will not change any cost to you, we will do whatever is best for them.
All medications act differently on an animal’s body and all animals require different medications to assure safe anesthesia. Some medications take longer to wear off than others, some are quickly reversible, some have added pain control, and they all affect the cardiovascular system (Heart and blood pressure) differently. Some patients will appear as if nothing ever happened, others may be groggy for the evening. Extensive procedures generally have longer recovery time.
Specifics on what was used and what to expect will be provided at discharge.
Risk vs. Benefit
Digital X-rays (Radiology) provide a detailed view of your pet’s teeth and jaw, often revealing hidden issues that can't be detected through a simple visual exam. X-rays are the most crucial part of dental care, The team has the artistic skill to position well, the technology for enhanced image quality, and the scientific understanding to interpret them accurately. By identifying these issues as early as possible you can help prevent pain, infection, tooth loss, and even systemic health problems, like heart or kidney disease, which can be linked to poor oral health.
Diagnoses root fractures, abscesses, and bone loss
Reveals issues beneath the gumline that might otherwise go unnoticed
Imaging and Diagnostics Benefits
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IMAGING & DIAGNOSTICS
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X-rays are a crucial part of dental care. The team has the skills to position patients well, utilize modern technology for high-quality images, and apply their scientific understanding to interpret them accurately.
Dental imaging is a crucial part of care because it allows veterinarians to accurately assess the health of a pet's teeth and gums, often revealing hidden issues that can't be detected through a simple visual exam. Many dental problems, like tooth decay, abscesses, or periodontal disease, can develop beneath the gumline or deep within the tooth structure, making them difficult to spot without advanced imaging techniques. By identifying these issues early, dental x-rays help prevent pain, infection, tooth loss, and even systemic health problems, like heart or kidney disease, which can be linked to poor oral health. Regular dental imaging ensures that your dog’s dental care is comprehensive and proactive, ultimately leading to a healthier, happier pet.
Our imaging systems are the best in class to get the most detail possible. Positioning is a delicate art, greatly affecting the veterinarians ability to identify problems. The team is trained to perform the task efficiently and accurately to minimize anesthetic time and maximize the doctors ability to assess oral health. All images are saved to monitor areas of suspicion over time and treatment success. Post operative images are always taken to ensure a successful procedure.
Cone Beam CT imaging helps for a more thorough assessment of structures around the teeth. This is the latest advancement in dental care allowing for the most accurate and safe surgical approach possible. In most cases is verifies x-ray findings and increases the understanding of the risk, benefit, and approach to treatment. In some cases it completely changes what a plan was after radiology. It can be performed in a fraction of the time radiology takes and is typically only seen settings with board certified specialists. We see it the new standard!
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All about Imaging & Diagnostics
The only way to identify most problems
Reduces stress for pets
Allows safe intervention
Personalized plans for smoother recovery
The Benefits...
This work focuses on the attachment of gums to teeth and limiting or reversing bone loss. It preserves teeth and treats early to mid-stage lesions with root plaining, subgingival scaling, and curettage. This is an area of dentistry where an artist’s touch is invaluable.
Removal of subgingival calculus is what allows pockets to heal and is one of the most beneficial therapies for tooth preservation. To do it well requires microscopic evaluation, attention to detail & occasionally soft tissue gingival surgery (I.e. open root planning). Any remaining debris limit’s the entire procedure’s effectiveness.
Without this performed with precision, a ‘dental cleaning’ is of little to no benefit.
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Periodontal Therapy
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Dental Surgery consists of treatment for conditions like periodontal disease, tooth root abscess, oral cancers, and soft tissue concerns to relieve pain and improve quality of life.
Provides relief from hidden pain
Addresses conditions to enhance your pet’s quality of life
Utilizes expert techniques to ensure comfort
Reduces long term health complications
Benefits of Surgery Treatments
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Advanced Surgical care
Dental Extractions:
Remove fractured or damaged teeth safely and comfortably. Unfortunately, this is one of the most common and necessary surgical procedures performed, but it always provides long lasting relief.
Oral Surgery:
Repair of oronasal fistulas & select cleft palate procedures. Some will require a referral to a specialist, but we can help with many.
Cancer & Growth Treatment:
Biopsy and removal of oral masses with follow-up care guidance and referral.
Soft Tissue Surgeries:
Treat gum overgrowth, facial masses, and lip fold dermatitis.
* Enamel bonding:
Helps cover recent uncomplicated fractured teeth with exposed roots and enamel lesions in young growing teeth.
* Antibiotic infused long-acting gels:
Offered to provide the best chance for tooth retention, reducing pocket depth, or supporting bone grafts.
* Bone Grafting:
Offered for select cases to help retain supportive bony structures in guided bone restoration (GBR).
dental surgery
* Additional cost will apply. Cost vs benefit of will be discussed. They aren’t frequently “necessary”.
** In some instances, board-certified specialists will be in your pet’s best interest. They have the ability to perform tooth saving techniques or risky surgeries that we cannot do safely. We ensure the highest standard of care is offered.
