Preparing for Surgery and Recovery
What to do before an anaesthetic, what happens on the day, and how to look after your pet at home afterwards.
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Comprehensive Dental Services
Complete Oral Care for Healthier Teeth and Happier Pets
Good dental care is an essential part of your pet’s overall health, comfort, and quality of life. Dental disease can develop gradually below the gumline, which means pets may experience inflammation, infection, or pain even when their teeth appear relatively normal from the outside.
At EverCare Veterinary Clinic, we provide comprehensive dental services for dogs and cats, including oral health assessments, professional dental scaling and polishing, dental X-rays, treatment of periodontal disease, and management of chronic dental conditions.
Every dental plan is tailored to your pet’s age, breed, medical history, oral health, and individual treatment needs. Our goal is not only to improve the appearance of the teeth, but to identify and treat disease, relieve discomfort, and help protect your pet’s long-term oral health.
Depending on your pet’s oral health and examination findings, our dental services may include:
The exact procedures required can only be confirmed after a complete oral assessment. Some dental problems are visible only after your pet is under anaesthesia and dental X-rays have been reviewed.
Your pet’s dental care begins with a consultation and an initial examination while they are awake.
Our veterinarian may assess:
An awake examination provides important initial information, but it cannot reveal every condition beneath the gumline or around the tooth roots.
Once your pet is safely under anaesthesia, our veterinary team can perform a detailed tooth-by-tooth examination and assess areas that cannot be examined accurately while your pet is awake.
Dental X-rays may help identify:
Full oral assessment and dental radiography are important because teeth that appear normal externally may still have clinically significant disease below the surface.
Professional dental cleaning involves removing plaque and calculus from the visible surfaces of the teeth and from beneath the gumline.
After scaling, the teeth are polished to smooth the enamel surface and reduce microscopic roughness where plaque may collect. The mouth is then reassessed and a dental chart is completed to document findings and treatment.
Cleaning beneath the gumline is an essential part of treating periodontal disease and cannot be performed properly through cosmetic surface cleaning alone.
If damaged, infected, loose, or painful teeth are identified, treatment may be recommended during the same procedure or scheduled separately depending on the findings, consent provided, procedure length, and your pet’s condition.
Treatment may include:
Your pet will continue to be monitored throughout recovery until they are awake and clinically stable.
We take a complete, medically focused approach to veterinary dentistry. A proper dental procedure is not simply a cosmetic cleaning. It involves examining each tooth, assessing the gums and supporting structures, reviewing dental X-rays, treating painful or infected areas, and creating an ongoing prevention plan.
General anaesthesia allows the veterinary team to protect your pet’s airway, examine the mouth thoroughly, take accurate dental X-rays, clean beneath the gumline, and perform treatment without causing fear, movement, or pain. Anaesthetic and pain-management plans are selected according to each pet’s health and procedure.
We explain the expected plan before treatment and discuss any significant findings whenever possible. In complex cases, procedures may be completed in stages or referred to an appropriately qualified veterinary dental professional.
Fasting, pre-anaesthetic testing, what happens on the day, wound care, activity restriction and when to call us are the same for the procedure as for any other procedure, and are set out in full in Preparing for Surgery and Recovery. Your veterinarian will give you any instructions specific to your pet.
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Something specific to your pet? Contact the clinic rather than relying on general information.
+971 56 227 8484Possible signs of dental disease include:
Some pets continue eating normally despite significant dental pain, so the absence of obvious symptoms does not always mean the mouth is healthy.
Your pet’s mouth should be assessed during routine wellness examinations. The frequency of professional dental treatment depends on their age, breed, oral anatomy, dental history, home care, and rate of plaque accumulation.
Some pets require dental procedures more frequently than others.
General anaesthesia allows the veterinary team to examine each tooth carefully, take dental X-rays, clean beneath the gumline, protect the airway, and treat painful conditions while the pet remains still and comfortable.
A complete veterinary dental procedure cannot be performed accurately or safely in a conscious dog or cat.
Anaesthesia-free cleaning removes only visible material from accessible tooth surfaces. It does not allow complete examination, dental X-rays, cleaning beneath the gumline, proper airway protection, or treatment of painful dental disease.
It may improve the cosmetic appearance of the teeth without addressing the underlying condition.
Age alone does not automatically prevent a pet from receiving anaesthesia.
The veterinarian will assess your pet’s overall health, medical conditions, laboratory results, medications, and individual anaesthetic risk. Older or medically complex pets may require additional testing, modified protocols, or closer monitoring.
Pre-anaesthetic blood testing may be recommended to assess blood cells, hydration, liver and kidney function, blood sugar, and other factors that may affect anaesthesia or recovery.
The testing required depends on your pet’s age, medical history, health, and planned procedure.
Much of each tooth lies beneath the gumline and cannot be examined visually.
Dental X-rays can reveal root disease, bone loss, retained roots, fractures, impacted teeth, and other painful conditions that may not be visible during an external examination.
Extraction may be recommended when a tooth is severely damaged, infected, loose, fractured, painful, or no longer has adequate support.
The decision is based on the complete oral examination, probing, dental X-rays, and whether the tooth can be treated successfully through another appropriate procedure.
Comprehensive dental care can help identify hidden disease, relieve oral discomfort, and protect your pet’s quality of life. Book a dental consultation at EverCare Veterinary Clinic today.