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Dental Care

Clyde’s Animal Clinic provides preventative and advanced dental care for your pet. Our doctors and technicians have completed intensive in-house training and seminars in advanced dental care. We use digital dental radiology to thoroughly examine your pet’s teeth and identify problem areas that exist below the gum line or that otherwise might not be found.

Routine, Preventative Dental Care:

Our routine dental care includes complete ultrasonic scaling, root planing and polishing. We place your pet under anesthesia and perform a comprehensive oral examination. We examine individual teeth for mobility, fractures, malocclusion and periodontal disease. We remove plaque and tartar using hand instruments and power scaling equipment. We give your pet’s teeth a thorough ultrasonic cleaning and polishing. During the routine dental procedure, if found, we will also treat:

• Fractured teeth
• Abscessed teeth
• Retained baby teeth or baby teeth that never erupted
• Bone infections
• Recession of bone due to advanced dental disease
• Bone tumors and bone cysts
  

Advanced Dental Care:

We are able to provide advanced dental care for your pet. Our goal in providing these services is to keep your pet’s mouth healthy and pain-free for years to come. Proper dental care can increase the lifespan of your pet.

• Periodontal Therapy
• Orthodontics - basic tooth alignment issues
• Restorative Dentistry - repairing teeth, bonding enamel, caps
• Oral surgery

At Home Dental Care:

Brushing your pet’s teeth every day will reduce or eliminate plaque buildup. Plaque, which is an accumulation of bacteria, will progress to periodontitis, which is characterized by pockets of chronic infection, oral pain, and severe infections. Left untreated, it will eventually loosen and destroy the tooth and possibly lead to bone loss. The infection under the gum line can also spread to the liver, kidneys and heart.

You can purchase veterinarian approved toothpaste, brushes, orvent sealant, CET chews and Hills dental chews in our online store. Click here to purchase these treats for your pet.

Signs of oral and dental diseases in dogs and cats:

• Loss of appetite or loss of weight
• Bad breath
• Loose teeth or teeth that are discolored or covered in tartar
• Your pet shies away from you when you touch the mouth area
• Drooling or dropping food from the mouth
• Bleeding from the mouth
• Loss of appetite or loss of weight

If you think your dog or cat exhibits any of these symptoms, please call us at your earliest convenience to arrange for a dental exam for your pet.