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Taking the Fear Out of Anesthesia

Posted by Jan Bellows on July 8th, 2009 under Insight from Dr. Jan Bellows, DVM
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Although anesthesia will never be 100% risk-free, modern anesthetic and patient evaluation techniques used in veterinary hospitals minimize the risks, and tens of thousands dental scaling procedures and evaluations are safely performed each year in veterinary hospitals.
Most of the tooth’s surface lies below the gum line.  Anesthesia is necessary to properly immobilize the cat or [...]