Every owner of an elderly pet shares this same concern. Dental disease increases with age, so a large proportion of our patients are elderly!

Most dental conditions cause discomfort or pain, and almost all involve infection that can enter the bloodstream and affect the rest of the body. Dental disease is just as painful for older pets as it is for younger ones, and older pets absolutely deserve to be happy and pain free. We have treated many, many elderly cats and dogs with great success, relieving their pain and infection and giving them back their quality of life.

Modern anaesthetics give us many options to make the anaesthetic as smooth and safe as possible so we can achieve this. Our surgical experience also means procedures can be done quickly to minimise the time under anaesthesia.

We can help you determine if your pet’s mouth is infected or painful, and how beneficial treatment is likely to be. The anaesthesia risk can then be weighed up and managed to give your pet the very best chance of regaining comfort in its old age. Indeed, it is common to find pets act many years younger once they have had good dental care!