Dog and cat tooth washing is more and more used in clinic. Many oral diseases of dogs and cats can be prevented and treated by cleaning the teeth of pets daily. Therefore, how to clean the pet's teeth and the safety of cleaning teeth has become the most concerned thing for parents. This article will introduce the steps of cleaning teeth through the above two points.
First, preoperative preparation before tooth washing
Because it needs anesthesia to wash the teeth of cats and dogs, the preoperative examination process is basically the same as that of general surgery, mainly including
1. Preoperative examination is needed before tooth cleaning, including blood routine and biochemistry.
2. Fasting for at least 4 hours before operation and water deprivation for 2 hours.
3. The indwelling needle device
Second, the steps of tooth cleaning
1. Connect the tooth washer, and ensure that the tooth washer works normally after connection.
Different specifications of probes equipped with dental scalers.
Tooth covered with tartar
anaesthetize
Use domijing, intravenous injection, tracheal intubation and isoflurane to maintain anesthesia.
wash one's teeth
When cleaning teeth, the probe should be kept parallel to the teeth, and the time that the probe stays on each tooth should not exceed 15 seconds. If there is too much tartar, you can clean some first, then clean other teeth, and then come back to clean the uncleaned teeth. Dental tartar between teeth needs to be removed by a dental scraper.
5. polish your teeth after washing.
After the cleaned teeth are polished and cleaned, the surface of the teeth will be uneven. The main polishing step is to polish the tooth surface smoothly. Don't grind your teeth for more than 10 seconds to avoid overheating and injury to your teeth.
6. plaque display
If there is dental plaque on the teeth, the exposed display stick will appear pink when it is attached to the teeth. Roll the display stick gently on the teeth and near the gums, and rinse it with clean water after 30 seconds to 1 minute. In the cleaning process, dental plaque on teeth can be thoroughly cleaned.
7. Care after cleaning teeth
To inject antibiotics, there will be a small amount of bleeding when washing teeth, and antibiotics are needed to prevent infection.
Third, why do you want to wash your teeth?
1. Remove dental calculus
The formation of dental calculus begins with thin and shallow dental plaque, which is a transparent viscous liquid composed of bacteria (including mucin, exfoliated epithelial cells and gram-positive aerobic cocci). Dental plaque begins to form within eight hours after teeth are thoroughly cleaned. If dental plaque is not removed in time, inorganic salts in saliva and food will precipitate to form hard stones. Stones always stimulate gingival tissue, change the PH value of oral cavity, and lead to a large number of pathogenic bacteria. The metabolites of bacteria will erode the supporting structure of teeth, which will eventually lead to pain and periodontal disease. Even pets who eat cat food and dog food at every meal can hardly avoid the formation of dental plaque.
2. Pets have bad breath, loss of appetite, pain and other symptoms.
3. Love pets have gingivitis, molar abscess, premature tooth loss and looseness.
Fourth, wash teeth and extract teeth.
Cleaning teeth is to remove dental plaque and calculus from the surface of teeth. Before removing dental calculus, oral health should be examined in detail, and dental condition should be recorded at the same time. Check whether the teeth are loose and fall off. If they fall off, check whether the roots are intact. Before determining whether tooth extraction is needed, X-rays of oral teeth should be taken to determine whether the teeth to be extracted have broken teeth and residual roots.
The puppy's deciduous teeth are incomplete and need to be extracted. If it is not removed, it will affect the growth and development of permanent teeth, easily form tartar and cause oral diseases. After the diagnosis of chronic gingivitis in cats, all teeth need to be extracted.
Brief introduction of verb (verb's abbreviation) Dominion
Domicin is an anesthetic calculated by body surface area (BSA), which is very important for small dogs during anesthesia. It can reduce the demand of anesthetics and maintain the dosage of anesthetics during anesthesia, with high safety. However, in clinical application, it is forbidden to use domicin for dogs and cats suffering from cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, liver or renal function damage, shock, extreme weakness or stress.