Dental and Anaesthesia

LionheadLuver · Mar 19, 2012

Hey

Molly has her first dental today (Milly has had one previously but her molar spurs were larger). Molly has only small molar spurs but they needed to be done. Now, during the procedure, the vet could only burr down one side of her molars because he didn't want to give any more anaesthesia, in case he overdosed. He's an experienced vet and did Milly's dental just fine. I'm happy that he did this because I'd rather he did it in stages rather than risk her dying under anaesthesia. However, I'm wondering if Molly could be using the anaesthesia differently? Could a normal dose not be enough for her? What could be a reason for this?

kattymieoww · Mar 20, 2012

My old boy Rio had a few dental treatments in the last two years or so. Sadly he died aged 8 over a month ago.Nothing to do with his teeth etc,more like a full heart attack,my baby!

Jack's-Jane · Mar 20, 2012

I suspect what the Vet meant was that Milly's breathing/heart were unstable during the GA and so he wanted to wake her up as soon as possible.
I dont think doing 'half a Dental' would be the chosen route (as of course it would not solve the Dental issues and may actually make them more problematic) unless it were unsafe to continue due to an unstable anaesthetic reaction. I would speak with the Vet again to establish exactly what went on, what anaesthetic was used etc.

LionheadLuver · Mar 20, 2012

Jack's-Jane said:
I suspect what the Vet meant was that Milly's breathing/heart were unstable during the GA and so he wanted to wake her up as soon as possible.
I dont think doing 'half a Dental' would be the chosen route (as of course it would not solve the Dental issues and may actually make them more problematic) unless it were unsafe to continue due to an unstable anaesthetic reaction. I would speak with the Vet again to establish exactly what went on, what anaesthetic was used etc.

oh right. I didn't see the vet so could ask about it (my parents picked her up) so probably got half the story. :? Molly hasn't had any GA since she was spayed at around 5 months old (she's now 4 years old), so I don't know about reactions to GA. The other side of her molars have to be done in about a month's time. They aren't terrible spurs, but of course doing it sooner rather than later.

Jack's-Jane · Mar 20, 2012

LionheadLuver said:
oh right. I didn't see the vet so could ask about it (my parents picked her up) so probably got half the story. :? Molly hasn't had any GA since she was spayed at around 5 months old (she's now 4 years old), so I don't know about reactions to GA. The other side of her molars have to be done in about a month's time. They aren't terrible spurs, but of course doing it sooner rather than later.

Yes, as she may well not wear her molars down evenly now- ie she will have a poor occlusion and any spurs already insitu are likely to progress rapidly.

Dental and Anaesthesia

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