Dental Care:
Dental Home Care
At Turquoise Animal Hospital, we recommend annual dental check-ups for your pet. We also recommend having a complete and professional dental prophylaxis (cleaning) under anesthesia, as often as once a year. However, there are products that we carry that can slow the progression of dental disease in your dog or cat. While these are by …
Warning: Non-Anesthetic Dentals
Veterinarians have long told pet lovers about the importance of good dental care. However, danger is lurking. Conscientious pet owners are being misled by aggressive marketing of a “fad” option, “Non-Anesthesia Pet Dentistry” (NAPD). This trend, using unlicensed and unsupervised individuals, advocates non-anesthetic techniques that may actually be harmful to pets. Statistics from the American …
Why Dental Care?
Would you let years go by between visits to the dentist? Probably not! Your pet’s dental health is just as important to his or her overall health as your dental health is to your general health. At Turquoise Animal Hospital, we use modern and safe ultrasound to clean each tooth thoroughly – above and below …


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Breed Spotlight: Shih Tzu | breed spotlight, dogs, shih tzu | Turquoise Animal Hospital - San Diego Veterinarian says:
August 26, 2011 at 9:15 am (UTC -7)
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