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Teeth cleaning, dental health

vet quoted us $1,800 for full dental on our 12 year old shih tzu with a grade 3 heart murmur and the anesthesia-free place at the pet store is $190, and i know what reddit will say but i need actual help thinking through what the risk numbers actually are for a dog his age with his heart

Mochi is 12 years and 4 months, shih tzu, 14lbs, generally pretty healthy for his age, but at his last wellness exam in march his vet picked up what she described as a grade 3 of 6 heart murmur that...

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twelve year old shih tzu with grade three periodontal disease and a grade two over six cardiac murmur with stage B1 MMVD on echo, our vet is recommending a full COHAT under anesthesia within the next two months and i am wrestling with the risk benefit in a way that the published material is not helping me think through cleanly, looking for the version of this calculation from owners and vets who have specifically navigated dental work in a senior small breed with a known cardiac finding

Daisy is twelve and a half and she is my first dog so the senior medicine piece is all new territory for me. We have been brushing her teeth a few times a week since she was three, our vet had warned...

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twelve year old lab with a grade three heart murmur needs a dental cleaning and our vet is recommending anesthesia but the cardiac risk has me up at night, trying to understand the actual risk numbers vs the risk of leaving the dental disease untreated and i cannot find a clear answer anywhere

Roscoe is a 12 year old chocolate lab, in good health overall for his age, but he has a grade 3 out of 6 heart murmur that was first detected at his annual exam two years ago. We did an echocardiogram...

Posted by senior_lab_dental_dilemma•
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