I did anesthesia free dental cleaning on my 3 guys & loved it! We had a wonderful experience, we used Houndstooth & they were working out of a holistic vet's office. The vet checked their teeth 1st & ok'ed the procedure. Houndstooth also showed me how to hold them between my legs while brushing their teeth.
Of course, you need to use good judgement & they were good candidates. Just some tartar build up & no periodontal disease or gingivitis. I opted not to get Momo done bc he needed to go under for a thorough cleaning. He doesn't let me brush his teeth, I still try tho & didn't think he was a good candidate. He had to have 3 small molars on the bottom pulled.
It was Turbo & Princess' 1st dental cleaning ever & Mimi's 2nd. She's had anesthesia dental cleaning by the vet b4. Princess just turned 5 years old & she had her 1st anesthesia cleaning by my vet couple of months ago, no teeth extractions. Turbo (also 5) will have his 1st anesthesia cleaning in Feb...this will be his 1st also. He has great teeth genes.
I brush their teeth every night b4 bedtime, they look forward to it.