Dentistry

What does a professional dental clean involve? When your pet is booked in for a dental procedure at 4 paws this involves; a thorough assessment of all teeth, scale to remove tartar and polish to buff the teeth. However, unlike us, our pets won’t sit still or open their mouth to allow a comprehensive cleaning of their teeth. For this reason our pets have to undergo a general anaesthetic to allow for a professional dental clean. Prior to the anaesthetic, your pet will be assessed to ensure that they can be safely anaesthetised. This may include a physical exam, blood tests and urine tests to ensure they are healthy prior to having an anaesthetic. 

Once anaesthetised, we can give the teeth a thorough cleaning using our specialised dental equipment. The degree of dental disease will be assessed to determine if extractions, medications and/or ongoing care will be required. When your pet goes home we will also discuss methods of reducing dental disease in the future.