Walkthrough of a Dental Cleaning 

Which wellness plan do you have?

@@Sharongw3n petsmart Banfield!

My husband and I are with Banfield too! Best place ever

60 a month??!

@@Dankehum yup, $720 a year. A dental alone can cost that much on the high end if the use all the monitoring. Check ups could cost 100-300$

Yea this one guy came in the clinic to drop off his dog and idk how didn’t give him an estimate but this man thought his dental was about to be just $50… like nope. Theirs anesthesia, pain injection, cerebra injection, and time!

The take-home message of the following story is to take care of your pet's dental health & brush their teeth regularly as you (hopefully) do your own. My 20lb rat terrier, now 11, had bad breath from the time we adopted her at 1-1.5yrs old from a family that was moving & couldn't keep her, (she came w/a bottle of breath freshener that you put in her water, but it was a bunch of chemicals that I didn't want her to injest; all that product does is cover up a sign of gum/periodontal disease). I complained to the dentist about her breath, but he wasn't worried, as she was young & her teeth, though starting to show minor discoloration, were healthy. From reading about it on various reputable sites (I look for consistency), I learned that bad breath is a sign of something else going on. After her first cleaning, when her teeth were showing build-up of plaque on the back molars, we were told to brush her teeth. We started out doing it regularly & then without realizing it, it fell off to "once in awhile." Eventually, after her second cleaning, we were told she had periodontal disease & would need 22 teeth removed 😢. She now has one top & one bottom molar on one side of her mouth that come together to chew, 2 lower canines, 2 top & 1 bottom incisor, & a couple molars on the bottom of the other side, but no top molars. I felt/feel VERY, VERY sad & remorseful😩because I wasn't being diligent & taking it seriously enough. It didn't strike me that she could actually lose most of her teeth & now she can't enjoy bully bones or other hard crunchy treats. I want to cry just typing about it. I now brush her teeth at least 6 days a week (I'm not perfect). It is easier & I believe more efficient to brush her teeth with the electric toothbrush. When I first thought to try it, my concern was the noise would be the reason it wouldn't work, but the noise didn't bother her, nor did the vibration (except on her 3 little incisors), so that's what we use. She's a pretty compliant dog & she lets us brush her teeth even though she doesn't like it. She LOVES her CET enzymatic chicken flavor toothpaste & gets a couple fingers with small smudges of toothpaste afterward as a reward. After, say, 3-4 yrs, her breath has begun to smell again. It's not to where I don't want her breathing near my face, as it was before, but the sign is there that things in her mouth aren't as healthy as they should be. The bottom molar she chews with has turned brown, which looks bad to me, but the vet said she didn't have calculus build up & we were doing a good job brushing. After her diseased teeth were removed, the vet said they saved what teeth they could, but it was possible she may need to have more removed down the line. With her breath, I'm concerned that day is coming. It is known that poor dental health & the bacteria from diseased gums gets into the bloodstream & leads to other disease & shorter life expectancy and that terrifies me, both for her sake & for mine.

I’m in the same boat with my pomchi. I can’t bear to think of of this happening to her. She’s so tiny. 😭

Did your dog have his teeth done?? Is he ok??

@@kittenpw I ended up canceling the procedure and did it myself. Got the tooth pick thing and slowly scrubbed his teeth till the plaque fell off.

The problem with manual removal of plaque via pick is that you are not addressing the gingival disease nor the potential alveolar bone loss from deeper periodontal disease, which can only be visualized via xray. I know anesthesia can be a scary thing, but know that your vet and vet staff are well trained and implement extensive monitoring and safety procedures throughout the process

@@Cheese-HeadI got both of my small dogs (mini poodles) teeth cleaned today and it really is a must if you want your little one to live as long as possible. Teeth health is one of the most important things and I know it’s scary because they’re our babies but it’s a super routine procedure for vets.

What should I expect to pay for a deep dental cleaning for my nine-year-old Chihuahua??

@@ArmedChicano without insurance it costs couple hundred , not sure about where you live , should be covered under insurance, but you have to pay up front , then are lucky if you get the money back, seems shady to me

@@cjsadman3750 I live in Northern California nobody out here is taking new patients due to Covid I

@@ArmedChicano then I'm going To go out on a limb here and say you will be paying a lot of money out of pocket good luck!

@Mitch K Wow! Last time my dog's teeth got cleaned it was around 200-300. I had a small dog and have been with this vet since day one. I have another small dog now who will be going in. Curious to see how much it costs now.

Get a new vet!!!

@@Unknown-hu4gf , I did! Unfortunately all Vets are expensive!

@@lindaguida4074 Try banfield pet hospitals for around $350.00 you can get a wellness plan for a year with a comprehensive dental cleaning and you get as many vet visits as you want...

I’m in the same boat😞

Me too mine dog needs a cleaning and some extraction too but she’s 9 years old and small I’m so scared that something might happen to her 😞🥺🥺

@@elizabethromero8630 PLEASE PLEASE DON'T DO IT!!!!! MY SWEET BABY BOY DIED ON THE TABLE LAST WEEK! I'LL NEVER GET OVER LOSING HIM. DR CALLED TOLD ME THE PROCEDURE WENT PERFECT! THEN HIS HEART STOPPED! HE WAS A 5 LB YORKIE. HE'D HAD HIS TEETH DONE BEFORE, PLUE NEUTURED AT THE SAME TIME. HE CAME HOME TO ME IN A FEW HOURS JUST FINE I NOW TRULY BELIEVE HE WAS GIVEN AN OVERDOSE OR CRUSHED HIS TRACHEA PUTTING THAT PIPE DOWN HIS THROAT! A VERY NARROW ONE, THE SIZE OF A STRAW SHOULD BE USED, THE NEXT TIME I'M ABLE TO GO IN THAT OFFICE TO PICK UP MY TOBY'S ASHES, I WILL LOOK IN HIS EYES AND ASK HIM IF WAS IN THE ROOM THE ENTIRE TIME, OR WHEN THEY PULLED THAT TUBE FROM HIS THROAT? WAS HIS AWARE OF THEIR TINY THROAT? MAYBE NOT?

@@suestone6156 I’m so so sorry for your loss believe me I was super scared the whole time I was praying God for her . Thank God everything went good but I would never put her under never again .. I’m so sorry again for your little tobby 🥺😔😔😔

@@elizabethromero8630 Bless Your ❤ Heart!

The dog's not in there giving other dogs x-rays on a daily basis

The dog only have this x-ray today. The worker give x-ray almost everyday. Or many times a day.

Dogs are exposed to the primary beam to create an image needed for treatment. The operators wear PPE to protect themselves against continuous exposure to secondary radiation. This is carefully monitored by the industry.

Because humans typically understand what’s going on. The sedation is to help calm the animal for any necessary bloodwork or IV treatment

The dog has one procedure being done not in there every single day doing it like they are

The vets and nurses are constantly exposed to the radtiation which is why they are protected. The dog has one procedure

Ethan Barry does it hurt

But if they have gum disease, then they are more likely to have complications during anesthesia. It's better to prevent decay, then to treat it after it's started. Same with a person, you don't want to go to the dentist every few years for a root canal or extraction, because you never have your teeth professionally cleaned.

Vets in the US make on average $79,000-120,000; vet school on average costs $150,000-400,000. I promise ya very few if any vets are making millions a year.

There are NO vets making $1 million a year. Most earn about $125K and have massive student loans. People want top notch medical care and do not want to pay for it. Overhead including staff salaries, equipment, drugs, rent, utilities cost money. After 8 years of education to become a DOCTOR, we are entitled to earn a living. The only one making money in vet med these days is the large corporations who only care about the $$, not the individual veterinarian.

@@1Legendofzeldalover You got that right!

That's right. It's a private healthcare practice.

There isn’t, that’s what they do for humans too

The endotracheal tube is the direct line to the airway and lungs.

Jesus, is this standard procedure for all anesthetic cleanings! Jam a long tube down their throats?

@@marecostello Appears aggressive, doesn't it? But for someone who's been in the veterinary industry for 46+ years, this is the standard. It is not being jammed, it is carefully inserted into the trachea. Retrievers and Labs generally take a larger tube size than most, and Great Danes, etc. But it always amazes me what a lab can handle. You definitely do not want a tube too small, as your patient may be able to breathe around the tube. There are other methods out there, but the endotracheal tube is your direct line to administer oxygen carrying the anesthetic gas, to keep your patient at the anesthetic level you want. And of course, with proper monitoring.

@FTG2Eli Thank you for taking my query seriously. It was shocking to see this, having absolutely no idea and your comment made things more understandable.