How often do your dogs have their teeth cleaned at the vets?

[caseysmom]

Casey has gone in every year for a dental for the last three years and she is due again in April, the first time she was really out of it so I have asked for the mildest anathesia they can give her. Her teeth get really dirty, I should give her a bone or something here and there but her stomach is so sensitive I am afraid too.

Bubba had a checkup last week and they said his teeth look real bad, he is 3 and a half, I am going to get his cleaned next month when casey goes in. I do have insurance and it is covered.

[Pam]

Bubba had a checkup last week and they said his teeth look real bad, he is 3 and a half, I am going to get his cleaned next month when casey goes in. I do have insurance and it is covered.

Yep the little dogs do have a problem with dirty teeth. I had two toy poodles and it was the same with them. One of my toy poodles began losing teeth even though we did have them cleaned periodically. I can remember even finding one on the floor one day! Oh boy, insurance would be great! Good for you!

[RobiLee]

I've never had my dogs teeth professionally cleaned. I never know if I should and I hear it is so expensive.

[vinjashira]

I've never had Snowy's teeth cleaned at the vets.
How much does it generally cost? do they put the dog under anaesthetics when they do that?

[caseysmom]

They do put them under anasthesia, I have Casey's nails clipped at that time since she hates to have that done. It is around 300 dollars.

[WELOVESPUPPIES]

Duke will be 8 this August and he has never had his done. The vet told me for his age he has very good teeth and he did not see any need to do it, there was such a small amount of tartar he felt that for his age that he said he would probably never need it done. Duke loves to chew so it helps keep his teeth really clean. The vet said Champs look really good too. Well Chopper doesn't even have all his adult teeth in yet so I will have to keep an eye on his being a small breed and all but he loves to chew things too so hopefully that will help keep his clean.

[pitc9]

Both of my pups are 6 years old and have never had their teeth cleaned, but last Spring when we went in for shots the vet said they both need their teeth cleaned. It's going to be around $230 per dog!
So when I get tax money back they're both going in.

[Glacier]

I've never had Snowy's teeth cleaned at the vets.
How much does it generally cost? do they put the dog under anaesthetics when they do that?

They do have to be put under for it. Hobo's dental cost 600 dollars, which has been about what most of the dentals I've had done cost. That's with a 10 to 15% musher's discount. I could go a bit cheaper, but I refuse to put an animal under without pre-anasethic blood work and that costs 110 bucks.

Sophia, one of my cats, had a dental earlier this week. She ended up loosing most of her teeth. The estimate including bloodwork was around 600 bucks. The actual bill was just under a thousand.

[caseysmom]

Yep they always do full blood panels before they do casey's dental.

[Ginger's Mom]

Ginger has never had her teeth done, but she is now five years old, so I am sort of preparing myself to hear that she needs to have them cleaned when I take her in on Saturday. We will see.

[GiantSchnauzer]

Never. They get adequate amounts of bones/chewies. I've always been told by the vet that their teeth were in good shape.

[wolf_Q]

So far...never. Nebo will be 6 in May and his teeth/gums look good. I brush them several times a week, sometimes every day if I'm doing good. A few months ago I had a free exam at a vet I hadn't been to and I took Nebo in. She looked at his teeth and guessed he was about a year old lol. I have a scaler and have scaled his back teeth a couple of times myself, he just gets a little bit if build-up there. His teeth aren't as white as I'd like, but thats ok, they've just yellowed a bit with age. I may get a dental done on him in a few years.

Keva is only a year old so her teeth are white, I brush them when I brush Nebo's so I don't expect to have a problem with her teeth either. I'm not sure she'd let me scale them though, she's not as cooperative as Nebo. Luckily she's always chewing on something so that helps.

Sydney will be 6 in June and she could use a professional teeth cleaning. Her teeth look pretty good on the outside because I've scaled them and my mom brushes them fairly often. But the inside edges of her teeth that I can't get to need to be cleaned, she has stinky breath. But that's up to my parents to get that done.

We learned the hard way that teeth need to be taken care of...we never did anything with Reggie or Smokey's teeth until they were so bad that most of them needed to be pulled. I won't let that happen again.

[K9karen]

Logan had her teethies cleaned last winter. They weren't bad, but I noticed discoloring, despite all her hard chew toys and was concerned. I just asked the vet, Pam, and she didn't seem concerned, so I'm going to wait before I do it again. . Logan's mouth structure is different than Cody's and it seems to me she collects food in her back molars. She hates the toothbrush but lets me use my finger to clean her mouth. She never has bad breath, though.

[cyber-sibes]

Once. Star has always had very clean teeth, almost no tarter buildup. At 10, she finally had to go in to have a cracked molar & a cyst on her paw pad removed, so I had her teeth cleaned, too. the vet told me he might take up to 5 out, so I was glad she only needed one removed. Jack has not had his done yet, but will have a broken tooth removed when he does go in. Vet said he doesn't like to do it unless he really has to because of the anesthetic.

[slleipnir]

Mine never get theirs cleaned I recently had Zeke in for an appointment, and 2 of his molars at the back of his mouth had quite a bit of buildup. I asked if he should get a cleaning and the vet said he only has the 2 teeth needed to be cleaned and it doesn't make sense to put him under for that. So he decided to try scraping them while he's awake to see if he's tolerate it...Zeke didn't seem to mind at all. He was such a good boy. Most of the stuff to scraped off and saved getting them cleaned. I don't think he even charged me for it!