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Originally Posted by YorkieRose  More and more vets are bringing in specialists who clean without the need of anthesthia...but it is just so easy and to scale teeth when they are asleep..and some Yorkies have ones that need pulling..an abcess etc...a small tooth that is very lose is simple to pull like a childs tooth, but a bad molar is painful to pull...same as with humans. |
I recently visited a board certified veterinary dentist and asked about this after learning about it on YT. It is not considered anything but cosmetic when a nonanesthetic dental is done and is rejected by the American Veterinary Dental Association in their position statement here:
http://avdc.org/Dental_Scaling_Without_Anesthesia.pdf
My high risk dog underwent a dental in a specialty hospital with an anesthesiologist on site who consulted to create her protocol. There were no problems at all and it turns out the protocol they used was the same many vets use for small toy dogs for dentals (induction with propofol and maintenance with isoflurane).