Hi Laura, Interestingly enough my vet and his partner, both of whom are surgeons, just hired a person who does anesthesia free teeth cleaning to come in twice a month for clients who desire this service. The ONLY clients that he feels this is contraindicated for are those whose pets have gingevitis. I have personally used the Gentle Dental people for almost four years now with no problems whatsoever. My dogs teeth do not seem to need cleaning any more frequently than when I had my Vet doing them and putting them under (this goes for my cats as well). I find an annual cleaning is sufficient for them and all my dogs teeth are in really good shape, with the exception of my oldest, Brittany, whose teeth were in already on bad shape when I rescued her at 3 years old . I understand that a good number of veterinary practices in Southern CA are now offering this service to their clients. I do know that the women who are affiliated with Gentle Dentle work for various veterinary practices throughout San Diego, Orange County and Palm Springs. Although, I suspect that there are still a good many vets who don't want to see a lucrative part of their business diminish and try to dicourage clients from using anyone other than a vet to clean their dogs teeth. I think as with everything in life, the results depend upon and vary according to the training and skill level of the person performing the service.
All the best, Susan V. [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Just an comment about the teeth cleaning without anesthesia. My vet, and >any vet that I have ever asked, has told me under no circumstances to allow >my dogs teeth to be cleaned without anesthesia as the teeth are not >polished >afterwards leaving grooves in the teeth where bacteria accumulates very >rapidly causing a greater problem than there was before and necessitating >more frequent teeth cleaning. I have another concern as well. >Sterilization of instruments. >Laura Ottinger _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
