19/08/2026
Today was so satisfying and rewarding - with Panda the 4yr old Maltese cross.
I visited him 2 days ago for a nail issue but spotted a fractured, sore tooth. His owner didn’t want him in pain so booked in a dental with me ASAP.
Today I collected him from his home, drove him to Vets On The River Clinic, gave him lots of cuddles & reassurance and proceeded with his dental. For this, we anaesthetised him and assessed his teeth visually and with full mouth dental X-rays. Luckily his fractured tooth was the only one with any issues and the rest were very healthy.
I cleaned up all of his teeth with a scale and polish, injected a nerve block then carefully extracted his fractured tooth in sections. It thankfully all came out without complication.
Throughout his anaesthetic, practice manager and head nurse Alex closely monitored his anaesthetic, gave him a drip and kept him warm with a warm air device blown under his blankets.
We also clipped his nails nice and short, emptied his a**l glands, and trimmed and cleaned his face.
He recovered really quickly, and having given him time to return to full strength, I gave him some healthy snacks, more cuddles, then drove him home. I sang songs from the radio to him on the way home as this reassured and settled him like a baby (there’s no extra charge for this!)!
His owner received photo updates throughout the day, a phone call when I’d finished and a full written and verbal handover of the plan for the next few days.
Included in my costing is one or two home checks over the next 10 days. I’m looking forward to more cuddles already! I’m sure he’ll be more comfortable with that fractured painful tooth out of his system 🐼💙
