Dentistry

Just like us, pets can suffer from toothaches and oral discomfort, but they can’t tell us about it. Poor oral health can significantly affect your pet's overall well-being, leading to pain, difficulty eating, and even behavioral changes.

Dental problems in pets often go unnoticed, especially because it’s been long believed that pets are supposed to have “doggy breath”. Also, many of the issues happen not only inside the mouth that is not fully visible, but also below the gumline. These hidden problems can cause severe pain and damage to your pets teeth, impacting their health and quality of life.

Without proper dental care, bacteria from unhealthy teeth can spread into the bloodstream and go to vital organs such as heart and kidneys and lead to serious health concerns.

At Royal Road Veterinary Hospital, we believe in comprehensive and preventive dental care. Our team can recommend preventive dental products to help reduce the build up of tartar, plaque and resulting bacteria load in the body. This can reduce inflammation and pain associated with gingivitis from dental disease. Part of our comprehensive and preventive dental care plans are recommendations for a dental cleaning under anesthetic every 18 to 24 months. These preventive dentals can keep your pets teeth healthy for longer and prevent early extractions of diseased/infected teeth. All of our dentals include full mouth dental xrays to assess and evaluate the tooth structure under the gum line.