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Dental Procedure Step 1Trillian was Dr. Teresa's 14 year old dog who was her son's dog. She is very special to Dr. Teresa. Trill's day starts by getting a weight.
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Dental Procedure Step 2Dr. Teresa listens to Trill's heart and lungs to make sure nothing has changed since her last physical examination.
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Dental Procedure Step 3We give a tranquilizer to calm her nerves and help reduce the amount of anesthesia we need to use.
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Dental Procedure Step 4We prepare her leg for placement of her IV catheter. This allows use of intravenous medications and fluids.
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Dental Procedure Step 5The last piece of tape is placed to hold the IV in place for the day.
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Dental Procedure Step 6Here, the technician is taking Trill's temperature to make sure it is normal. Normal temperature for a dog is 100-102.5.
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Dental Procedure Step 7She is now prepped for the procedure. The next step is evaluating her blood work.
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Dental Procedure Step 8Sarah prepares her injectable anesthetic...
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Dental Procedure Step 9...While Charlene runs Trillian's blood work. She will then evaluate the blood work and determine that it is normal.
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Dental Procedure Step 10Now Sarah can give her an injection of Buprenorphine. This is an injectable pain killer but also part of her anesthetic protocol to allow us to use less inhalant anesthesia, which is safer.
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Dental Procedure Step 11Now, she is ready for her injectable anesthesia.
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Dental Procedure Step 12She falls asleep and we place an endotracheal tube to control her oxygen and inhalant anesthesia intake.
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Dental Procedure Step 13This is some of the monitoring equipment we use during a dental procedure. We track blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen, respirations and expired carbon dioxide.
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Dental Procedure Step 14Here is our digital x-ray machine. It allows us to process x-rays instantly and determine if your pet needs special attention to any teeth.
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Dental Procedure Step 15Here are some of our different views of digital x-rays. We highly recommend full mouth x-rays with each dental cleaning to evaluate below the gumline.
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Dental Procedure Step 16During the oral exam, we check for pockets, loose teeth, erosive lesions (similar to cavities), missing teeth, extra teeth and gum recession.
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Dental Procedure Step 17We take before cleaning pictures to give clients a good picture of how their pet's teeth look.
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Dental Procedure Step 18We use a Piezoelectric scaler to remove the plaque and tartar from the teeth, above and below the gum line. We polish the teeth to remove pits in the enamel where bacteria could inhabit.
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Dental Procedure Step 19This is the picture of Trill's teeth after her cleaning.
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Dental Procedure Step 20The foam-like material on her teeth is a fluoride that strengthens her enamel. This is the only time we can put it in their mouths since they would swallow it. We wipe it off after a couple minutes.
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Dental Procedure Step 1Trillian was Dr. Teresa's 14 year old dog who was her son's dog. She is very special to Dr. Teresa. Trill's day starts by getting a weight.
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Dental Procedure Step 2Dr. Teresa listens to Trill's heart and lungs to make sure nothing has changed since her last physical examination.
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Dental Procedure Step 3We give a tranquilizer to calm her nerves and help reduce the amount of anesthesia we need to use.
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Dental Procedure Step 4We prepare her leg for placement of her IV catheter. This allows use of intravenous medications and fluids.
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Dental Procedure Step 5The last piece of tape is placed to hold the IV in place for the day.
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Dental Procedure Step 6Here, the technician is taking Trill's temperature to make sure it is normal. Normal temperature for a dog is 100-102.5.
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Dental Procedure Step 7She is now prepped for the procedure. The next step is evaluating her blood work.
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Dental Procedure Step 8Sarah prepares her injectable anesthetic...
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Dental Procedure Step 9...While Charlene runs Trillian's blood work. She will then evaluate the blood work and determine that it is normal.
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Dental Procedure Step 10Now Sarah can give her an injection of Buprenorphine. This is an injectable pain killer but also part of her anesthetic protocol to allow us to use less inhalant anesthesia, which is safer.
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Dental Procedure Step 11Now, she is ready for her injectable anesthesia.
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Dental Procedure Step 12She falls asleep and we place an endotracheal tube to control her oxygen and inhalant anesthesia intake.
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Dental Procedure Step 13This is some of the monitoring equipment we use during a dental procedure. We track blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen, respirations and expired carbon dioxide.
-
Dental Procedure Step 14Here is our digital x-ray machine. It allows us to process x-rays instantly and determine if your pet needs special attention to any teeth.
-
Dental Procedure Step 15Here are some of our different views of digital x-rays. We highly recommend full mouth x-rays with each dental cleaning to evaluate below the gumline.
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Dental Procedure Step 16During the oral exam, we check for pockets, loose teeth, erosive lesions (similar to cavities), missing teeth, extra teeth and gum recession.
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Dental Procedure Step 17We take before cleaning pictures to give clients a good picture of how their pet's teeth look.
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Dental Procedure Step 18We use a Piezoelectric scaler to remove the plaque and tartar from the teeth, above and below the gum line. We polish the teeth to remove pits in the enamel where bacteria could inhabit.
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Dental Procedure Step 19This is the picture of Trill's teeth after her cleaning.
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Dental Procedure Step 20The foam-like material on her teeth is a fluoride that strengthens her enamel. This is the only time we can put it in their mouths since they would swallow it. We wipe it off after a couple minutes.