Thanks for sharing!! I have been looking for the encouragement to move forward with my 13 year old yorkies dental work. I know that it will make him feel better and hopefully prolong his life. This post makes me feel as though the good benefits of going through with the dental outweigh the bad risks from the anisthesia. One thing that concerns me about my vet is that they don't close the wound after the tooth is extracted. His reasoning is that if there is an abscess or infection under the tooth they want to allow it to drain out. Does this sound right? I would imagine that food would get trapped in there. I'm sure all 4 of his back molars will be extracted which will leave a fairly large open wound. |