Dental?

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I'm thinking seriously about sending Tempest in for a dental, she's 15 and never had one done.
Her numbers are high blues for the most part recently (glitch this morning to yellow) but I'm wondering if there's something going on in her mouth to keep them at the higher level of blue.

My main concern is the stress, anaesthetic which would mean putting everything back to the beginning. :(

Thoughts please?

Thank you. :)
 
General cat health includes the occasional dental. Tempest probably has some pretty heavy tartar at this point. And a full dental exam could find stuff like infection or cavities. We don't do dentals every year, but the cats get them done. We don't brush our cats' teeth, but some cat parents do.
 
JeffJ said:
General cat health includes the occasional dental. Tempest probably has some pretty heavy tartar at this point. And a full dental exam could find stuff like infection or cavities. We don't do dentals every year, but the cats get them done. We don't brush our cats' teeth, but some cat parents do.
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I managed to get a quick pic of her teeth - don't panic the black marks in her mouth are birth marks she has one in her ear. Nothing to worry about. :) they don't look too bad to me but then I can't see what's going on under the gum.
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I had my 16 and 17 year old cats dental in May for the first time.
I wish I had done it at a cat only hospital but they did ok
My diabetic actually did better than my non diabetic and recovered quickly
If I could do it over I would go to a cat specialist
Good luck :bighug:
 
jayla-n-Drevon said:
I had my 16 and 17 year old cats dental in May for the first time.
I wish I had done it at a cat only hospital but they did ok
My diabetic actually did better than my non diabetic and recovered quickly
If I could do it over I would go to a cat specialist
Good luck :bighug:
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Thank you that's reassuring :bighug: - her age and anaesthetic concerns me the most.
We don't have cat hospitals here unfortunately :( so it has to be done at my regular vets.
 
Usually what you see when they need dental work is a fair bit of hard yellow tartar where teeth join gums. The gums themselves will have a line of red inflamed tissue where they touch the teeth (gingivitis). Some cats build up tartar more than others.
 
Kris & Teasel said:
Usually what you see when they need dental work is a fair bit of hard yellow tartar where teeth join gums. The gums themselves will have a line of red inflamed tissue where they touch the teeth (gingivitis). Some cats build up tartar more than others.
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They look OK to me and one of the first things my vet did was look at them and said they weren't bad high is why I'm on the fence about this. She has no tartar on her front teeth - seeing the back of her mouth is a bit more difficult though lol
 
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