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Anaesthesia-free dentistry might sound appealing because it avoids putting a pet under general anaesthesia. However, this procedure can often be a higher-stress experience for our pets. Scaling the teeth involves placing sharp, vibrating, and often noisy instruments inside the mouth, and most pets are unable to comprehend the need to stay perfectly still during the procedure. Therefore, they have to be physically restrained for a lengthy period of time in order to allow the scaling to happen.

Depending on the pet’s size and temperament, they may need to be highly restrained, and this can be extremely stressful. If they move or struggle during the dental procedure, they may be injured by the dental instruments, and the teeth in the deeper sections of the mouth may not be able to be thoroughly cleaned.

Even if your pet’s teeth look pearly white and clean, plaque —the main culprit and perpetuating cause of dental disease— cannot be removed from below the gum lines without professional cleaning.

Dental treatments for pets should ideally be performed by trained veterinary professionals, to prevent injury, infection, tooth fractures, and tooth loss.