Why is dental care important for pets?

Pet dental care is crucial for preventing painful oral health issues like gum disease and tooth loss. It also supports your pet's overall health by reducing the risk of infections that can spread to the heart, liver, and kidneys.

What dental services do you offer for pets?

We offer dental exams under anesthesia, digital dental X-rays, professional cleanings, polishing, fluoride treatment, and tooth extractions when necessary.

What are signs of dental problems in pets?

Common signs include bad breath, difficulty eating, drooling, red or swollen gums, loose or broken teeth, and reluctance to chew or play with toys.

How often should my pet receive a dental cleaning?

Most pets benefit from an annual dental cleaning, though some may need more frequent care depending on their age, breed, and dental health.

Do you follow AAHA dental care guidelines?

Yes, our veterinary team follows AAHA guidelines to ensure your pet receives safe, effective, and high-quality dental care at every visit.

Pet Dental Care

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Pet dental care is not just a cosmetic solution for whitening your pet’s teeth and freshening their breath. It also plays a major role in preventing painful and possibly debilitating oral health problems. Brushing your pet’s teeth every day may seem like over-attentive behavior, but it can significantly reduce plaque and tartar buildup. Furthermore, this habit can prevent conditions such as gingivitis and gum disease from ever developing. Dundee Animal Hospital offers complete, customized pet dental care programs to prevent future issues and treat existing ones. Our skilled veterinarians and technicians closely follow all AAHA guidelines when performing pet dentistry and related services.

Your pet’s dental health is directly connected to their overall health. If their mouth is inflamed and showing signs of infection, they also likely have problems elsewhere. Creating a dental care plan is an important first step towards giving your pet a healthier, happier life.

Pet Dental Services For Your Pet

Brushing your companion’s teeth daily improves their oral hygiene, but pet dental care includes other important aspects. Our Dundee, Algonquin and Elgin veterinary teams can:

Conduct complete oral exams while your pet is under anesthesia to check above and below their gum line for hidden problems. Most dental issues take place under the gum line, where bacteria can collect unseen and cause painful infections.
Take dental X-ray images of the entire oral cavity to detect tooth fractures, pockets, damage to surrounding bone, and other problems.
Perform prophylactic dental cleanings on teeth that are generally healthy. This involves scaling each individual tooth with an ultrasonic scaling tool to remove calculus (hardened plaque).
Polish teeth after a cleaning to smooth the surface of each tooth, then follow with a fluoride treatment to prevent future plaque and tartar buildup.
Perform dental extractions to remove unsalvageable teeth.

Signs of Cat or Dog Gum Disease

Gum disease is a painful condition in which the gums become inflamed and bacteria collects in pockets around the teeth. This leads to infection, and can also result in tooth and bone loss if left untreated. In more extreme cases, the bacteria can enter the bloodstream and affect the heart, liver and kidneys. A majority of dogs and cats in the U.S. suffer from some form of gum disease. However, this problem can be prevented easily with daily teeth brushing, annual checkups, and dental cleanings recommended by your veterinarian.

Is your pet showing any of these signs? Be sure to let us know if you’re concerned about your pet’s dental health. The sooner we can treat their problem, the happier and healthier they’ll be.

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Rich Jacobs

We’ve been with Dundee Animal Hospital for about 25 years. We’ve been to all three locations and all staff are great with our pets, are efficient, thorough and trust-worthy. I can not recommend Dundee Animal Hospital enough!

Nancy Borgarding

Dr Lupo is the best!
Very caring and great listener. Provides thorough and appropriate testing when needed. When my Rocky was rushed in when choking on foreign object Dr. Lupo provided immediate life saving care. I will forever be grateful to this amazing vet and entire clinic. Highly recommended

Shirley Ledin

Dundee Animal Hospital has taken great care of my babies since 1995!

Victoria Cardenas

Took my cat Luna here because she was pregnant and I felt something was off. She wasn't giving birth. I had called and also this place was recommended by other vets who were booked. Anyway, they did tell me to bring her in and even called back to make sure we were on our way. We were but we're in south elgin so it took us some time to get there. Luna wasn't progressing and after an ultrasound we were told the kitten was big and heartbeat wasn't as strong as they would like. They told us they saw 2 options, inducing Luna or going straight for c section.
We chose c section because we didn't want Luna to lose the kitten, that would have been devastating for her and us.
Well, the whole team ensured that Luna and kitten were ok.
There was a problem with financing c section but this place worked with us and payment was eventually secured.
This place truly cares about animals, it shows. They were so kind and non judgemental.
I am beyond grateful that they saved Luna's life and the kitten. My daughter would have been devastated if anything happened to Luna or the kitten.