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View Poll Results: Dentals: What anesthetic protocol is used for your pups and is dental x-ray available | |||
General anesthesia with intubation, dental xray onsite | 15 | 55.56% | |
General anesthesia with intubation, NO dental xray onsite | 3 | 11.11% | |
Heavy sedation without intubation, dental xray onsite | 0 | 0% | |
Heavy sedation without intubation, NO dental xray onsite | 0 | 0% | |
Light sedation, dental xray onsite | 0 | 0% | |
Light sedation, NO dental xray onsite | 0 | 0% | |
Anesthesia free cleaning | 2 | 7.41% | |
Other | 0 | 0% | |
No idea (I just let the vet do whatever they think is best) | 5 | 18.52% | |
I don't do dentals when needed. Scared of anesthesia. | 2 | 7.41% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 27. You may not vote on this poll |
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12-04-2013, 08:11 AM | #1 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| Dental Poll This is a two question poll. What type of anesthesia is used by your vet and do they have dental xray on site... Since standard of care is general anesthesia with intubation and preferably xray present if pulling teeth, I wanted to see how common other methods are. Poll is private. We can't see who voted for which option.
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12-04-2013, 10:57 AM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| General anesthesia, intubation, and xray on site --- $99 each. eek!
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12-04-2013, 11:28 AM | #3 |
Don't Litter Spay&Neuter Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: So Cal
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| General anesthesia, intubation, not sure if they have dentle x-ray on site (but voted for on site). I asked & they said it's not needed, wish they did. Momo had 3 back molars pulled & his saliva glands are still swollen. It was fine needle aspirated & sent out, came back as salivary tissue. In his case, I wish they did dental x-rays, to see what's really going on back there.
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12-05-2013, 02:28 PM | #4 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| Both places Callie had dental work done one a vet dentist and one our regular vet the did anesthesia, intubation, and xray on site. They also have some one who's job is to just watch the and monitor the dogs stats which is very important to me.
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12-17-2013, 10:39 PM | #5 |
YT Addict | I don't see the amount of sedation needed for the worried Yorkie Mum listed in the options. Although I hate the intubation part (because poor Jenna comes away coughing for days afterwards) our vet says it is absolutely necessary due to the chemicals they use to help take the tartar off her teeth, which would be fatal if aspirated. I'm pretty certain they do the x-rays too, but I don't remember seeing them this last time she was cleaned. I am curious though if anyone here has dentals done more frequently than once a year? It seems like Jenna's teeth are bad again within a month of being done, and of course her dragon breath is abominable. (She is on a specialized hard kibble diet and not allowed any chew treats.)
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05-12-2014, 06:36 AM | #6 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: arvada co
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| no drugs My friend and I were lucky enough to have a vet that taught us to use a cavitron(?), scaling machine. Then she helped us find and buy one. Because we knew our own dogs and they trusted us,(still not easy) we were able to hold our own dog while the other used the machine. It was worth all the trouble to not have intubation and drugs. Also, we could do it as often as necessary but we both did hand scaling to keep things in check. This was some years ago and I no longer have the machine. I am now using a grain free diet and am amazed at how good my dogs mouths are staying |
05-12-2014, 07:14 AM | #7 | |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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Further, with the humane breaks you'd have to give the dog to keep the it from getting overly stressed, panicking, it's bound to take twice as long or more as the anesthetized cleaning and to ask any little Yorkie to endure that level of discomfort, fear, confinement and stress is far worse to me than the risk of today's dental cleaning anesthesia protocols. I notice we humans opt for the comfort and risk of anesthesia over pain and being wide awake during dental or medical procedures almost every time we're given the chance. Why? We hate the pain, stress and fear of them.
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05-26-2014, 09:44 PM | #8 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: arvada co
Posts: 18
| dentals OK I appreciate your point of view. I do, however, believe that if you have been working at trying to keep your pup's mouth clean, they have gotten used to brushing, scraping, spraying, etc. Just for the record, I would never terrify or deliberately torture or hurt my dog in any way. I am not trying to be argumentative, but I feel as if I have been portrayed as a mad scientist type that was completely uncaring. My dogs trusted me and required very little restraint. Small amounts of work were done frequently and a little soothing massage administered at the same time along with a bit of lavender always helped the attitude. They were never held still for hours or repeatedly rested an worked on again. Such an idea is absolutely dreadful and unfathomable. Fortunately I never came upon a pus pocket etc. If I had, I would have visited my vet. By being diligent in my care, I believe I was more than just lucky. Please do me the kindness in the future of questioning something that may not seem quite right to you instead of making an automatic assumption that you know with absolute certainty that you are right, I am wrong, and I deserve to be lectured. I know we all jump to conclusions some times. I was a bit taken aback, but not angry. I,also, have a tendency to say what I feel straight up, but have learned that i'm better off taking a deep breath first and thinking about it a bit. |
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