The last dental my George had was in November 2011. He had a problem with his oxygen level after the dental. Then about a week later he developed a problem with a leaking salivary gland. He had surgery for that at Texas A&M. During the work up at A&M, they found that he had a severe collapsing trachea...something he has never shown signs of. Here is the link from that time:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...sialocele.html
I made up my mind then that he would not ever have a dental again; but his teeth are SO awful now, that I have to do it or he is going to be very sick. I went to the dental specialist at GCVS yesterday and she assured me that she does pups all of the time with CT. She did do labs on him and an xray that does not show the CT (of course that is common...sometimes they show, sometimes not). BUT...she is very confident so I am going ahead with it on Wednesday, the 18th.
She is going to apply a sealant, OraVet with hopes it will help to keep the plaque down...he has always had really severe issues with plaque formation. After a couple of weeks, I will have to apply it I think she said every three weeks. I noted in a previous thread on dentals that some YTers have used OraVet....I would be interested in any feedback you can give on it.
This is going to give me a stomach upset, but I really, really know that I have to go through with it if I want George to be with me as long as possible. He is estimated to be 14 .. could be older, I don't know, but he is old. He is unable to see or hear but does SO well getting around and is very with it and able to get what he wants!
He is very vocal when he wants me to hold him. Love this little man!
