Diabetic cat in need of teeth cleaning and extractions

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Linds2225

Linds2225

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Doobie has been off of insulin for about a month now ever since we have switched him to wellness all wet cat food. His levels have been in the low 100's, and he has been feeling a lot better. He has been drooling lately and our vet told us he is in need for a teeth cleaning and a couple of extractions. We just had a full blood work done on him last week and everything came back great except an increased level in his pancreas but the vet said not enough for us to do anything about it now. Should I be concerned about the increased levels in his pancreas? Has anybody had any experience with taking their cat in to get a cleaning and extractions done? I am panicking about getting him put under because I have heard horror stories about it. Any comments would be appreciated! Thanks!
 
Max had a cleaning/extraction done earlier this year. Max's sugars were out of control before it, and it improved my ability to get his sugars back in a normal range. I was worried too about the sedation, but tooth infections are no joke either. An abscess can lead to brain infection or sepsis, and worsening of the diabetes. Also, bad teeth can be painful for the animal. To me it was riskier NOT to do it. I was, however, on edge the whole day when he was getting it done.

As far as the drooling, while he may need a cleaning regardless, the drooling might be from nausea as well. Some cats with pancreatitis/elevated enzymes get nausea.
 
If he has an infection, that could raise his BG levels. Ricky was the same way. After his dental and extractions, his BG levels dropped significantly.
 
Thanks for the replies! I just talked to my vet today about it, turns out it's a surgical tech who does the cleanings, and then the vet does the extractions. Not sure if that's normal or not..... Also they don't take xrays which I find strange because that would seem to be pretty important. Does anybody know when they had their cats teeth cleaned who cleaned them and if they took xrays or not?
 
Typically a vet tech does the cleaning and a vet does extractions and supervises/inspects what the vet tech does but is also doing other things too. The vet tech also monitors anesthesia. When I works at a vet my duties did include dental cleaning.
Dental x-rays requires a dental x-ray machines and not all vets have those machines. I would consider it necessary that the vet have dental capability since sometimes such x-rays are required.
 
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