With the Spring, comes the warm weather and of course fleas and ticks follow. For April, we are giving a 10% discount off all flea and tick products offered at our clinic, including a shampoo and a room treatment product called Knockout.
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February is National Pet Dental Health Month!
For the month of Febraury we will be offering a 15% discount
off all dental procedures!
Why is dental health important for dogs and cats? Just as in people, plaque build-up eventually leads to cement-like tartar and periodontal disease. Bacteria, living in the plaque and tartar along the gum margins of the tooth, cause periodontal disease. These bacteria erode away the gums and eventually break down the ligaments that hold the tooth in place.
They can cause painful tooth root abscesses as well as invade the bloodstream. Once in an animal’s blood, the bacteria settle out on heart valves causing valvular endocarditis, liver, and kidney disease. Small breeds of dogs are particularly prone to tartar, periodontal disease, and secondary heart disease as they age. Cats more commonly develop kidney disease as a result of poor dental health.
If dental disease is caught early enough, a basic scaling and polishing will restore their teeth to a healthy state. This always requires anesthesia for pets, so the tartar can be thoroughly removed below the gum line by scaling with special instruments, and then teeth must be polished to smooth the surface of the tooth to slow the build-up of new plaque and tartar. Sometimes antibiotics will be used to treat infections around teeth and prevent the need for extractions. If the infection has eroded away most of the dental ligament holding the tooth into the jaw causing a painful, loose tooth, then extraction is usually inevitable.
To clean your pets teeth requires them to go under anesthesia. By doing a pre anesthetic exam and bloodwork we can make this procedure safer for your pet. The bloodwork would give us a good indication of liver and kidney function, make sure your pet isn’t diabetic or hypoglycemic, anemic or dehydrated. Bloodwork should be done ahead of time or the morning of the dental cleaning.
In addition, we will be offering a 10% discount on all dental related retail items
Please call 509.535.3551 and schedule early as our schedule fills up quickly!
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