I agree with Catlady711; I don't see anything strange about the suggestion. If Star needs dental work, she needs to be knocked out for it! I would get the pre-surgical blood panel. I get it done on all my critters, regardless of age if they need surgery. Not only gives me some reassurance for that procedure, but gives the vet a baseline to start from in case something else goes wrong in the future. It's come in handy a couple times!

We've had a few dentals around here. Muskwa has broken two canines. We removed the one on his upper jaw. The other one is on his lower jaw and is an extremely complicated removal(the tooth roots are wrapped around his jawbone). My vet doesn't want to touch that one until it bugs Muskwa. He has no trouble eating or chewing up a treat at this point.

Kayleigh has had two molars removed. She came to us with a stick wedged between them. The pressure damaged her teeth, along with eating who knows what while her first owner starved her! They were removed a couple years apart as they started to bug her and cause chewing problems. She was eating her normal food and chewing on tennis balls within a few days!