Friday, June 21, 2013

Dr Liz's Dental Discussion: The Beginning

pet dental scale and polish animal dental
Dr Dean and Dr Doc 
It's Dr Liz again, and after my Astonishing Secrets, and Muses, I am starting a new series about one of my favourite topics.

You think it is just about teeth , and dental stuff, but really, it is going to be about how to keep our pets as healthy and happy as we can, and how to turn older pets back into puppies and kittens again.  And that involves keeping their mouths as healthy as we can.

Dr Dean and Dr Doc are going to be the faces of Dr Liz's Dental Discussion.  They are two gorgeous little ones, with the most important thing you need to keep your pet's mouth healthy - the handy toothbrush.

I just love getting the phone call the day after a pet has had their sore mouth fixed up, to be told that they are back to being like a young'un again.

Dr Liz says " And this tooth looked clinically normal
on inspection, but see the bone loss cause by the infection
at the base of this tooth" 
But this series isn't just about sore teeth, or the hard stuff sitting on the tooth, or even about how to keep teeth healthy... it is also going to challenge some much loved belief on how to keep mouths healthy.

Please remember as your read the series - whilst I may talk about fascinating diseases and exotic xrays,
I never ever forget that they belong to a much loved family pet and patient of mine.  All that I do is directed towards keeping my animalclinic family as happy, and healthy as I can... always.

Also remember as you read, that every pet's mouth I have ever examined is unique - and what might be OK for one pet, might not be OK for another... this is why a vet's judgement is needed to assess each case on a case by case basis. Even the vet dental specialists will tell you that.

Finally, as you read all of this... I am not an animal dentist, but I have a particular interest in practicing a high standard of care for many things, and this includes dentistry.

And, it is a discussion.  I am not good at one way conversations, I prefer to work with people to do what is possible to keep their pet healthy.

Thanks for reading, and being part of the bellambivets blog.