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02-17-2018, 06:31 PM | #1 |
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| 7 year old yorkie teeth cleaning I have a yorkie named Abby who will be 7 in April. She has a significant amount of tartar build up. She hasn't ever had her teeth cleaned and her teeth havent been brushed regularly. When we first got her, she lived with my girlfriend who didnt put much care into her. Wwe separated and I took Abby. I care very much for her. I love this pup so much, but unfortunately I didn't keep her teeth brushed either. Now my vet has told me that she needs a cleaning badly and will probably need to have some teeth extracted. I am terrified of the anesthesia. I keep seeing horror stories of perfectly healthy dogs dying under anesthesia, even when it was administered properly and the preops were done. To top that off, i recently moved and had to switch vets. This vet would mask her down. I've read that that isn't safe. I lost a baby before birth and Abby is where all that love went. Can I get some advice? |
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02-17-2018, 07:30 PM | #2 |
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| Anesthesia is perfectly safe more then likely those perfectly healthy dogs that died under anesthesia had an underlying issue or a mistake was made. As long as you follow proper protocol. Personally I would find a vet that didn’t mask down. Also do pre surgery blood work.
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02-17-2018, 08:27 PM | #3 |
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| Yea I really wasnt planning to go to that particukar vet for this. I just wish there was a vet somewhere even temotely close to me that had an anesthesiologist on staff. It would just make me feel a little more comfortable. I know I tend to worry a little much, but I cant help it I dont guess. I have read about them having allergic reactions to the anesthesia and dying right off the bat. I just want to be sure I do the right thing and that she gets the absolute best care. |
02-17-2018, 08:33 PM | #4 |
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| The best advice I can give is to make sure the vet you use is AAHA accredited. We just had this discussion on another thread recently. In order to get accreditation they must meet certain standards and one of those is safe anesthetic protocols! Here is a link to the AAHA website where you can read about them and look for accredited vets: https://www.aaha.org/pet_owner/default.aspx
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02-17-2018, 08:38 PM | #5 |
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| I should add that I agree with Taylor...I would not use a vet who insisted on "masking down".
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02-17-2018, 08:39 PM | #6 |
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02-17-2018, 08:42 PM | #7 | |
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There are risks to everything, but anesthetic death is rare if the correct protocol is followed. She has a higher risk of dying from diseases caused by periodontal disease than from the dental; but, I am sure you know that. You obviously are concerned.
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02-17-2018, 08:50 PM | #8 | |
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02-18-2018, 05:15 AM | #9 |
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| Actually, there are vet anesthesiologists but you don't see them at a general vet. At my vet there are 3 people doing dentals....one tech doing the dental, one tech monitoring vitals and the vet supervising and doing extractions if needed. The larger specialty hospitals hire vet anesthesiologists. I don't know if the op has access to a teaching hospital, but they usually hire them. There is a lot of great information about anesthesia at this link: American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia and veterinary oral health here: www.vohc.org
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02-18-2018, 10:23 AM | #10 | |
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02-18-2018, 04:40 PM | #11 |
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| Don’t know if this will help you feel any better but my little 4 pound gal has been getting a dental every year for 9 years without any problems, and the last 3 years she is getting them every 6 months due to tooth loss. She has always done great!
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02-20-2018, 06:47 PM | #12 | |
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My boy is 9 and just had his 3rd dental in November. He has a very innocent heart murmur and I first got an echo done to confirm everything was a-okay before putting him under. Then we did pre-op bloodwork prior. He ended up needing 6 extractions (all lower incisors, which they said dogs don't really need anyway and once they pull one, they realized all of them had to go). His last dental was.. around age 5, I believe, and he only had 1 pulled at that visit. Anyway I was a train wreck all day. He is anxious at vets and it makes me feel awful leaving him there and I kept feeling like something was going to go wrong. But he made it a-okay and was back to himself within 24 hours. My dads dog is 10 and had to have like 17 teeth pulled (she had never had one, nor been brushed... her mouth was disgusting!) and it took her about a week to really feel better but now she seems so much healthier! It is scary but it's worth it in the end!
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02-20-2018, 07:11 PM | #13 |
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| Given that dental disease is so predictive of cardiac issues it just seems to make sense. At my vet a vet does the actual cleaning and is personally there with the dog thru the entire procedure. When I had a dental vet specialist do a cleaning to the tube of $1700, he did the cleaning and there was a vet anesthesiologist present in the room with a vet tech. Frankly, for the price my regular vet who does cleanings 3-4 days a week is wonderful. Is was $125 for the cleaning and polishing of the teeth and I then the pre-blood work was around $50 - 60. Her mouth is really tiny and the teeth are so tiny and close and even through I brush daily I have her dental done every 6 months since I got tired of her losing teeth with each dental and since I went to every 6 months we have had no teeth lost.
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02-20-2018, 07:26 PM | #14 |
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| Given that dental disease is so predictive of cardiac issues it just seems to make sense. At my vet a vet does the actual cleaning and is personally there with the dog thru the entire procedure. When I had a dental vet specialist do a cleaning to the tube of $1700, he did the cleaning and there was a vet anesthesiologist present in the room with a vet tech. Frankly, for the price my regular vet who does cleanings 3-4 days a week is wonderful. Is was $125 for the cleaning and polishing of the teeth and I then the pre-blood work was around $50 - 60. Her mouth is really tiny and the teeth are so tiny and close and even through I brush daily I have her dental done every 6 months since I got tired of her losing teeth with each dental and since I went to every 6 months we have had no teeth lost.
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02-21-2018, 01:38 AM | #15 | |
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