A routine
dental prophy (prophylaxis) is performed
to prevent dental disease. This
is recommended yearly or every
2-3 years in pets that have good in-home
care and proper diet as hidden
sub gingival tartar/disease may be
present.
A fee based on the time
required and supplies required is
assessed for this service: Cats usually
about $300-$320, requiring about 20 to 30
minutes time under anesthesia; dogs
usually about $320 to $365, requiring 30
to 40 minutes time. Extrusions not
included.
Our price maybe
higher than some others and this
reflects the level of care given to each
pet. This price includes all that your
pet needs to have a safe healthy
prophylactic procedure. It includes the
standard pre-anesthesia lab work,
hospitalization, pre-medications, IV
catheter, IV fluids, anesthesia
induction, temperature support and
multimodal anesthesia monitoring, dental
scaling, polishing, fluoride treatment
and
antibiotics.
Dental
Health is your choice
What we will do:
We perform a
pre-anesthesia physical exam
1. We will
listen for heart murmurs or arrhythmias.
We will listen to the lungs of your pet.
2. We will
alert you if any irregularities exist.
If so, thoracic x-rays will be
recommended.
3.
We will not proceed if we feel your pet
is not in appropriate health for
anesthesia.
Pre-anesthesia
blood screen will be completed
We will perform a pre-anesthesia lab
analysis (organ function, electrolytes
and hematocrit or complete blood cell
count). On some pets, the
testing may be completed within the 14
days prior to the scheduled procedure.
Not all conditions are readily detected
by physical exam. This includes some
congenital (present at birth) problems.
Since dental disease can lead to
kidney, liver, lung and/or heart
disease, it is important to objectively
evaluate your pets' internal organ
systems. A pre-anesthesia profile allows
us to find out enough about your pet's
electrolytes, blood proteins, kidney and
liver function, as well as the
percentage of red cells to better insure
your pet's ability to undergo a smooth
anesthesia. This information will allow
us to help your pet through and after
today's procedures. This also allows us
a baseline of what is normal in your
pet. If your pet is ever sick, we can
refer to the baseline for comparison.
If any
significant abnormalities are detected
the Doctors at Klima Small Animal Clinic will contact you to discuss
further diagnostics if they are
indicated or even to reschedule the
expected service.
Pre-anesthesia injection willbe
given
This
injection helps sedate your pet, reduces
stress, and offers pain control.
Intravenous catheter
will be placed and IV fluids started, if
needed
Just as
your doctor would place an IV catheter
before anesthesia, so will we. IV
catheters allow further IV injections to
be given without stress to your pet.
Additionally, it is a further security
while your pet is under anesthesia. IV
fluids are administered to help maintain
blood pressure to support organ health
and function as well as prevent
dehydration.
General anesthesia willbe induced
The heart
and respiration will be monitored. We
use anesthetic protocols designed to be
as safe as possible specific for your
pet. Our anesthetic protocol provides
for pain control. Most pets wake up
minutes after procedures are completed.
We provide warmth during and after
anesthesia, to prevent the body from
cooling and keep your pet as comfortable
as possible. With our protocol, our
pets remain sedate and relaxed until
later, by design. Most pets are
relatively bouncy' by the time they go
home. Since sensitivities vary to
anesthesia and sedation, some pets may
continue to be more sedate than normal
for 24 hours.
We scale the tartar
off the tooth crowns and sub gingival
space with a sonic scaler.
Deeper
sub gingival scaling/curettage as needed
(
this is
also known as closed root planning,
which is a dental treatment but cannot
be ignored. When a pocket of
periodontal bone loss is found the sub
gingival root surface is
scaled/cleaned as best as possible.)
We polish the teeth
with a fluoride paste (t
he
polish is important to smooth the crown
surface and help delay the recurrence of
plaque and tartar.)
We will apply a final
fluoride treatment to the teeth.
We dispense antibiotics if needed.
We will make
recommendations if we think further
diagnostics or treatments are indicated
for your pet for any reason.
