Pet Dental Procedures
Good dental hygiene is one of the most important aspects of your pet’s overall health and can add years to their life.
Dental Care for Dogs & Cats
Loose teeth, bad breath, and a change in eating habits can all be signs of serious dental disease for your pet. Just like human dentists, our veterinarians recommend yearly dental cleanings and polishings for pets that start at an early age.
Professional dental cleaning and periodontal therapy often come too late to prevent extensive disease or to save teeth. As a result, periodontal disease is usually under-treated, possibly allowing it to cause problems in the oral cavity or even damage to internal organs. Untreated periodontal disease can also cause tooth abscesses, gum infections, and/or bone loss, all of which can be painful for your pet to experience and costly to manage.
Dental Packages
All dental packages include:
- Sedation/anesthesia
- Cleaning/scaling to remove tartar
- Extractions at our doctor’s discretion
- Polishing
- Prescribed medications to go home
OPTION 1 :
X-RAYS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR EVERY PATIENT. THEY ARE REQUIRED FOR CATS. EXTRACTIONS ARE BASED ON APPROVAL BY OUR DOCTORS.
Dental with dental radiographs ($1,549)
Dental radiographs (X-rays) are the gold standard to evaluate your pet’s teeth and roots below the gum line. Dental X-rays are obtained before and after extractions to diagnose your pet, then to verify the successful extraction of each tooth.
Many dental issues cannot be fully evaluated without the use of dental X-rays. These include but are not limited to: bone loss, resorptive lesions, stomatitis, retained roots, tumors, or fractures.
This package requires full pre-payment at time of scheduling.
OPTION 2:
Dental declining dental radiographs ($495)
A dental procedure without X-rays involves a visual exam of all teeth, with extractions based on our doctor’s team evaluation and discretion. We will extract anything seen on the teeth and above the gum line that is loose, rotten, broken/fractured with pulp exposure, infected, or otherwise visually causing harm will be extracted. Closed fractures, slab fractures, or chipped teeth with no pulp exposure may not require extraction and are addressed at our doctor’s discretion.
This package is among our most requested appointments, and a waiting list is not uncommon.
X-rays are recommended for every dental procedure. By choosing this package, you are declining this diagnostic service.
Extractions are based on approval by our doctors.
We do not offer dentals without radiographs for cats. We recommend X-rays for all pets.
ABOUT THE PROCEDURE
Extractions: Dental package costs are the same whether your pet has zero extractions or several. Helping Hands will not extract healthy teeth. We do not guarantee any teeth will or will not be extracted or promise full mouth extractions for any reason. If provided to us prior to your pet’s appointment, medical records and/or dental extraction recommendations from your veterinarian will be reviewed, but our extraction plan is based on our doctor team’s evaluation and discretion. Helping Hands does not call to discuss the extraction plan or provide status updates throughout the day.
Staging: Helping Hands does not guarantee that all required dental work will be completed the same day. In some cases, patients need multiple visits. Should additional visits be necessary, the price for each staging is $278 so long as you return for the next visit within 30 days. If staging is postponed beyond 30 days, an additional $198 fee for new updated bloodwork will be required. If extended beyond 90 days, original dental pricing will likely be necessary.
Referrals: Some dental conditions require care by a board certified dental specialist. In some cases, the work required may be out of the scope of what our doctors are able to take on and you may be referred to a board certified dental specialist (at your own cost).
Aftercare & Follow-Up Treatment:
Helping Hands is an outpatient facility only. We do not provide overnight hospitalization and will send your pet home with you the same day. We advise consulting with your veterinarian if overnight post-procedure monitoring at your expense should be arranged for your pet. While some pets successfully recover at home, others may need support from a primary or emergency veterinary hospital.
You will receive a call within 3-5 business days with the earliest available appointment dates for the package you have selected. Please ask any questions you may have in the meantime.
Referrals to specialists or additional dentals remain your financial responsibility. In certain cases (such as in pets with stomatitis, resorptive lesions, CUPS, or severe dental disease), the entire extraction plan cannot be safely completed in one visit, and multiple visits may be required. These visits will incur additional charges.
Injectable medications are available at additional cost. You may choose to include them on the morning of your pet’s appointment. Cerenia is required for all Brachycephalic breeds or any pet with a known history of pancreatitis, but recommended for all pets.
Dental Procedures
By doctor approval only (includes extractions)
(includes extractions and Full Dental X-Rays)
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