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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  A dental should never be done without intubation. Water is used in dentals and without the tube they will breath water in as well as all the germs being scrapped off the teeth and then you are looking at pneumonia. There are medications that pull dogs right out of anesthesia too. Never would I do just sedation for a dental. |
This is exactly the point I was trying to make and what I'm talking about. You seem very knowledgeable about all this type of stuff, and certainly my veterinarian is too. He's one of the most well-respected vets in the city and runs an amazing clinic and practice of veterinary medicine. His amount of training and experience is very impressive. So it's really hard for me to question his judgement. I totally believe you about the comments about germs and pneumonia, but when I'm in the room talking to the doctor about what's best to do, and he says that in this case it's best to just do sedation, it's really hard for me to say to him that he's wrong. Cause I'm a layperson when it comes to this stuff. But then again, maybe he's right. I don't have the training that he has. But I have to be willing to trust the vet that I choose to see.