Working Dog Dentistry
Dr. J founded the Working Dog Dentistry Institute (WDI) within PetDentistry.com to raise awareness of and to provide excellence of diagnosis and treatment for working dogs, who have unique stressors on dental health.
Types of Working Dogs
Working dogs depend upon excellent dental health to perform their best work. PetDentistry services many careers for working dogs:
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Handicapped Helping Dogs
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Schutzhund Dogs for sport
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search & rescue
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police
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safety
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military
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Detection dogs
Repertoire of Care
Working Dogs have unique dental needs that arise directly from their type of work.
Handicap Helping Dogs
may experience diminished performance from discomfort due to gingivitis, periodontal disease, or a fractured tooth.
Dental care is very similar to a house pet, with emphasis on preventive care so that they can work with no down time.
Schutzhund Dog's
work is especially hard on the structural integrity of teeth
particular focus on endodontics for worn, chipped, and fractured teeth.
Protective stainless steel crowns are critical to protecting teeth from wear and tear of the work.
Detection Dogs
depend upon their olfactory sense to detect their target.
Prevention of oral infection from gingivitis & periodontal infection for the most accurate sense of smell.
Anesthesia Safety
Intubated general anesthesia is necessary to properly perform intricate, multi-step, dental procedures pain-free, while protecting and maintaining the patient's airway.
A significant part of our doctor's training is in anesthesia for the wide range of patients (with and without complex health problems).
We take our anesthesia safety very seriously.
Our Anesthesia Protocol:
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Indicated pre-anesthetic health screening and bloodwork
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Pre-procedure exam by Dr J immediately prior to the procedure
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Use of established pre-anesthesia sedation protocols
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Cuffed endotracheal intubation and 100% medical oxygen during all procedures
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Isoflurane anesthesia
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Life-Window Vital Sign Monitoring
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Only one patient anesthetized at a time - our patient has our full attention.
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Only one patient anesthetized per day - we do not rush a patient's care to proceed to a next patient
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Dedicated anesthesia recovery team
Appointments
PetDentistry.com is accepting new patients via application. Contact us to request a new patient application.
Always schedule and confirm an appointment with us ahead of time, before arriving. The most efficient method for scheduling an appointment is by calling us toll-free at 888-838-4148