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Originally Posted by Ellie May  OP: there is always risk with anesthesia, but the risk of getting serious medical problems from a diseased mouth is greater. Preop bloodwork and a good anesthetic protocol eliminates most of the risk.
Dentals without anesthesia are almost entirely cosmetic. A groomer scaling teeth and making them white doesn't mean the mouth is not diseased. If somebody does this who is not under the supervision of a veterinarian, then they are practicing without a license. There is risk of injury to the animal, no xrays, etc. And on top of that, being awake means no intubation which means risk of a ton of bacteria going down the throat at once and aspiration. |
I didn't know and was never told about a risk of bacteria.
My groomer is a vet tech and she did a scraping on Elvis' teeth after our first vet we don't go to anymore for another issue. She disagreed about medication for his epilepsy as gis seizuee episodes were months apart. Anyways it is pretty standard that dogs don't go under here (inless for tooth removal).
I'm glad you shared this as now I'm concerned a risk wasn't presented to me.
We've been waiting to get Elvis' seizures under total control with meds to co sider putting him under for extractiins and neutering, but I think I 'm going to call the vet and ask about the bacteria concerns now...my poor new vet for the last year is probably sick of seeong YT threads I print out.