Dental care

Pets do not let us know when they have significant dental and other oral problems. As a result, oral disease in pets is often quite advanced before families recognize that there is a problem. Yet, dental disease is the most commonly diagnosed medical problem in pets. Something like 85 percent of all pets presented to veterinarians have oral problems requiring immediate treatment! Loss of teeth, bad breath, abscesses, difficulty in chewing, oral pain and cavities are all treatable conditions related to your pet's oral health.

From gum disease and fractured teeth to oral tumors and abscesses, humans and their pets have many of the same oral and dental problems. In pets as well as humans, oral disease has been shown to be an important contributing factor to medical problems elsewhere in the body, including heart, kidney and liver disease.

Just as you would consult a trained dentist for your dental problems, you should bring your pet to a veterinary dental specialist. Veterinary dental services with state of the art equipment and a commitment to excellence are readily available to meet your pet's dental needs.

A broad variety of dental services is available at Danville Veterinary Hospital. Evaluation and treatment of most patients requires general anesthesia. This is done with the most up to date anesthetics and monitoring. Special attention is paid to the control of post-treatment pain and discomfort through the use of local and regional anesthesia, transdermal and oral analgesics and anti-inflammatory medications. We approach treatment of each pet as if we are treating our own family member. Our goal is to return each patient to a state of wellness and optimum function while minimizing discomfort.

We offer the following dental services at Danville Veterinary Hospital:

• Dental Radiography: Evaluation of dental disease, tooth and jaw fractures, oral tumors, temporo-mandibular joints and pre-breeding and puppy exams.
• Oral Disease: Diagnosis and treatment of oral manifestations of systemic disease; stomatitis, autoimmune oral disease and feline resorptive lesions.
• Endodontics: Root canal therapy, abscesses, crown reduction from malocclusion or disarming and vital pulp capping.
• Orthodontics: Genetic counseling and evaluation of bite disorders, correction of non-hereditary and (only for neutered pets) hereditary malocclusion.
• Periodontics: Treatment of gingivitis and periodontal disease, root planning, gingival overgrowth, periodontal pocket surgery and guided tissue regeneration.
• Restorations: Esthetic bonding, cavities (caries) repairs and crowns (partial and complete).
• Oral Surgery: Extraction of compromised teeth, tooth luxation, palatal defects, tongue and salivary gland disorders, surgical treatment of oral tumors through maxillectomy and mandibulectomy and jaw fracture repair.