If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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08/25/2023 03:15

Subject: If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous

I am very pro dental care for my pets and last year paid $1k for each of my dogs to have a cleaning with X-rays and extractions. I can see the difference in their health and physical comfort after having cleanings done. I do them every few years. Now the vet is telling me I should do them on a biannual basis. How often are you having your pets’ teeth cleaned?

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08/25/2023 03:19

Subject: If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous

Use the no sedation and it was about $350. Plan to do it yearly.

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08/25/2023 03:37

Subject: If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:Use the no sedation and it was about $350. Plan to do it yearly.

There is a "no sedation" option ? Can you elaborate ? TIA

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08/25/2023 04:05

Subject: If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous

They just work with the dog and hold them so they will cooperate.

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08/25/2023 05:40

Subject: If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous

I have it done every year for my small dog. I supplement with brushing her teeth as often as I can remember which is maybe 1-2/month. It really helps.

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08/25/2023 15:02

Subject: If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous

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Anonymous wrote:Use the no sedation and it was about $350. Plan to do it yearly.

There is a "no sedation" option ? Can you elaborate ? TIA

Do not do a dental without sedation!! It is not a proper dental and can cause more problems, waste of time and money. A dog's dental needs to be below the gumline which would be extremely painful with no sedation.

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08/25/2023 15:10

Subject: If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous

My 7 year old mixed breed had a dental last year for the first time. It was the first time my vet recommended it. My toy poodle, whom I adopted in January is 4 and the vet said she needed a dental right away. I was just going to wait until my vet recommends it again.

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08/25/2023 15:55

Subject: Re:If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous

we do it once every 2-3 years and its fine - even the vet has told us a few times it can wait

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08/25/2023 16:37

Subject: Re:If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous

I do it every year for my small dog; it's covered through the "wellness plan" we have for annual checkups. It seems worthwhile, although I always feel a little bad at how whimpery he is (and how bad he smells) after coming out of anesthesia.

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08/25/2023 17:53

Subject: Re:If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous

I have a greyhound and that breed is more likely to have complications from anesthesia than other dogs, so I take his dental care really seriously and do everything I can to limit the dental work he needs done. I feed him kibble, brush his teeth really thoroughly with enzymatic toothpaste every day, add a supplement that inhibits plaque growth to his dinner, give him a dental chew at bedtime, and give him the occasional bone to gnaw. Given all the rest of his oral hygiene routine, it’s amazing what a difference a few rounds of chewing a bone makes. The veterinarian commented about how much whiter my dog’s teeth looked. He hasn’t had a cleaning in 3 years, but his teeth look better than ever. I ask my vet every year if a cleaning is necessary, and we’re only going to do it if indicated.

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08/25/2023 18:07

Subject: Re:If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a greyhound and that breed is more likely to have complications from anesthesia than other dogs, so I take his dental care really seriously and do everything I can to limit the dental work he needs done. I feed him kibble, brush his teeth really thoroughly with enzymatic toothpaste every day, add a supplement that inhibits plaque growth to his dinner, give him a dental chew at bedtime, and give him the occasional bone to gnaw. Given all the rest of his oral hygiene routine, it’s amazing what a difference a few rounds of chewing a bone makes. The veterinarian commented about how much whiter my dog’s teeth looked. He hasn’t had a cleaning in 3 years, but his teeth look better than ever. I ask my vet every year if a cleaning is necessary, and we’re only going to do it if indicated.

What kind of "bone"? There is so much out there about what bones are safe, and what aren't, that I've become scared of giving them to my dogs -- one of which is a 30lb mixed breed and one is a toy poodle with a teeny tiny mouth, so both are smaller than a greyhound.

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08/25/2023 19:16

Subject: Re:If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a greyhound and that breed is more likely to have complications from anesthesia than other dogs, so I take his dental care really seriously and do everything I can to limit the dental work he needs done. I feed him kibble, brush his teeth really thoroughly with enzymatic toothpaste every day, add a supplement that inhibits plaque growth to his dinner, give him a dental chew at bedtime, and give him the occasional bone to gnaw. Given all the rest of his oral hygiene routine, it’s amazing what a difference a few rounds of chewing a bone makes. The veterinarian commented about how much whiter my dog’s teeth looked. He hasn’t had a cleaning in 3 years, but his teeth look better than ever. I ask my vet every year if a cleaning is necessary, and we’re only going to do it if indicated.

What kind of "bone"? There is so much out there about what bones are safe, and what aren't, that I've become scared of giving them to my dogs -- one of which is a 30lb mixed breed and one is a toy poodle with a teeny tiny mouth, so both are smaller than a greyhound.

Sorry, I’ve given him ostrich bones, which are enormous. It’s the scraping of the teeth from chewing something hard and the resulting increased saliva production that help the teeth. Anything hard that your dog gnaws should produce the same result, so rawhide alternatives (hooves, antlers, dried pig ears, chicken feet) and things like yak cheese should work too. No rawhide, no chicken bones, no cooked bones.

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08/25/2023 19:31

Subject: If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous

We have. Small dog and brush his teeth if the smell get really bad. Otherwise we have special treats that are supposed to help keep teeth cleaned. He gets groomed every 6-8 weeks and we get go s teeth cleaned then as well. I thinks it’s an extra $10-20??

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08/25/2023 21:57

Subject: If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Use the no sedation and it was about $350. Plan to do it yearly.

There is a "no sedation" option ? Can you elaborate ? TIA

Do not do a dental without sedation!! It is not a proper dental and can cause more problems, waste of time and money. A dog's dental needs to be below the gumline which would be extremely painful with no sedation.

Regularly sedating a dog is also dangerous. Our dog handled it just fine. But she's used to having her teeth brushed.

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08/25/2023 23:33

Subject: If you pay for your dogs’ teeth to be professionally cleaned how often are you doing it?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Use the no sedation and it was about $350. Plan to do it yearly.

There is a "no sedation" option ? Can you elaborate ? TIA

Do not do a dental without sedation!! It is not a proper dental and can cause more problems, waste of time and money. A dog's dental needs to be below the gumline which would be extremely painful with no sedation.

Regularly sedating a dog is also dangerous. Our dog handled it just fine. But she's used to having her teeth brushed.

That's all a nonsedated cleaning is though, a fancy tooth brushing/polishing. It doesn't get the tartar between the teeth and below the gum line or do a full exam of tooth roots. With our big dogs, they have only needed 1 or 2 sedated cleanings in their lifetime. A couple of times extractions were necessary during the cleaning only because issues are found during the sedated exam and cleaning.

Too much nonprofessional cleaning/scaling can erode the enamel. Human dental hygenists have even been too hard on dogs' enamel because it is so much thinner.