She's still very sleepy but she's home and she's doing great and the good news is her mouth is no longer stinky.

Hey everyone, welcome back to the vlog.

Today we are talking about dentistry.

What?

What are you saying Dr. Sue?

So today Matilda and I had a very big day because she had her teeth cleaned finally and I'll be honest guys I have been putting off for years and years getting her teeth cleaned.

The veterinarian in me knows that we should be cleaning our dog's teeth maybe once to twice a year but I haven't done it in true confession six years and one of the reasons was I was scared to put her under anesthesia and I anesthetize dogs every day for CT scans and you know I send them to surgery but she has an arrhythmia and I was really concerned about that and today made me realize that my concerns are the concerns that many of you have about I'm scared to put my dog under anesthesia.

So I just wanted to hop on and share my story with you.

She's eating cookies.

Thank you.

Beautiful chest x-rays Matilda.

Beautiful.

Beautiful.

Beautiful.

Good girl.

The reason that I was so scared was when she was four that was when she had a dentistry and that same year was when we fixed her torn cruciate it was actually six weeks after when she was having sedated x-rays when she had a really bad arrhythmia ventricular arrhythmia which could have been life-threatening and that was the first time that we detected that arrhythmia she's been she saw the cardiologist she's been on Sotolol an antiarrhythmic medication for six years but I felt that you know I didn't want to put her under anesthesia if she didn't need it.

Last year she tore her second cruciate and we had to put her under anesthesia to get that fixed and she did super fantastic under anesthesia and it made me realize you know all that time that I've been so scared about anesthesia in her that it would be just fine so made the decision this year that she needed to get that dental her teeth were disgusting and they were really really needed a cleaning and her breath was horrible so she did great.

When your dog or cat gets that dentistry it's a great time for the veterinary technician and your veterinarian to look in their mouth and look for oral cancer because oral cancer is the fourth most common cancer that we see in dogs and very common in cats as well and even if your veterinarian is able to open up their mouth at their annual physical exam it's really hard to look at all parts of the mouth under the tongue so that dental exam is a great time for them to be doing a thorough oral exam to look for oral cancer.

Good news for Ms. Matilda that in addition to not only not having any oral lumps or bumps and masses none of her teeth needed to be extracted so again it's just my reminder to that even though we're concerned about anesthesia we have to look at the benefits of the anesthesia and doing the procedure and for her getting her teeth cleaned and getting that clean bill of health in her mouth and just a reminder to get your dog's and cat's teeth cleaned on a regular basis you should be brushing your dog's and cat's teeth as well.

True confession I don't do it as the frequency that you need to do those dentals as well so anesthesia is not as scary as it may be talk to your veterinarian and Matilda did just great yes she did not like being fasted and not having breakfast but she got half her dinner tonight and you're gonna get the other half this evening so thanks so much for watching guys if you have any questions you know about anesthesia drop them below please subscribe talk to your veterinarian about your pet's health and your concerns about anesthesia and then hopefully you will get the the green light and your pet will be able to get anesthesia so they can get the procedure done that they need what do you think about that baby girl yeah you're ready go yeah you say goodnight to everyone say goodnight thanks for watching guys we'll see you soon you