Quote Originally Posted by mrspunkysmom

I did ask (because he didn't mention) if cleaning would help. He said it would, but I got the impression he doesn't push it on people.

He did say we might just have ot medicate routinely to keep it under control.

Not knowing exactly what your cat's particular mouth problem is (and that I'm not a vet anyways), I wonder if your cat has built up tartar causing the inflamation? And if so I wonder why the vet doesn't "push" dentistries? Or is it just that a dentistry is just not needed in this particular situation?

My boss dislikes doing dentistries as point of fact, however he highly encourages them in situations where it makes a difference. Many studies have proven that bacteria in the mouth enter the blood stream and can cause a host of other problems including eventual liver/kidney/heart failure. Just ask any number of our clients who have lost their dog/cat because of refusing to do any dentistries despite the severity of the dental disease.

I'm not saying you picked a bad vet or anything, it could be in fact that there is very little tartar and that's not what's causing the inflamation in the first place. I was just making a statement about dentistries in general.

I'm glad you like your new vet, he sounds like a vast improvement over the other vet who double vaccinated your pets before.