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Originally Posted by Britster

Please look into the anesthesia free cleanings before doing them. They're really purely a cosmetic procedure. No idea what's going on under the gumline and they're not particularly safe or effective. It's kind of a false sense of security, really, because a dogs teeth could LOOK perfectly white, but still have issues.

Dental Scaling Without Anesthesia | AVDC - American Veterinary Dental College

https://www.avma.org/Advocacy/StateA...rocedures.aspx

Unfortunately I can attest that most of the time 80% that if your yorkie needs a cleaning the 1st time it's going to be under sleep where the vet goes in there and does a thorough tartar removal. This is just the curse of being a Yorkie.

I've tried about 3 non anesthesia before they all told me mine were too far gone beyond and needed a vet go under. And trust me for the past 3 yrs I've been using that Petzlife gel brushing too so it's not like he's been neglected but this is just the nature of the beast.

Mine last year they took out total of 7 including 1 canine which now leaves his tongue daggling out cause the canine is no longer there to hold it in place. But you guys will feel relieved when it's done they go in there when he's under and the remaining teeth are sparkling bright white clean.

The total damage was about $450 which is not bad for 7 extractions. If you go to one like I did initially quote me for $1200 run the hell as far and fast as you can when they have the nerve to give you a quote like that. Thank god in this day 7 & age we have things like Yelp so do a little research in your area & Im sure you'll find somebody.