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Pet Teeth PDF Print E-mail
Written by Dr Rich Bennett   
Monday, February 01, 2010 06:48 PM

It's more than a fad, it's a whole new industry. "Anesthesia-Free Teeth Cleaning" purveyors prey on the public fear of anesthesia to rope in naive clients.

Read more at the Veterinary News Network: here

Reporter Vicky Nguyen of NBC Bayarea recently investigated this practice. See the story here.

More properly called "Non-Professional Dental Scaling" or NPDS.

These folks are committing outright fraud on pet-parents.

Removing tartar from only the visible tooth surface:

  1. Provides NO health benefit.
  2. Carries risk of serious harm, injury or death.
  3. Damages the enamel, accelerating plaque and tartar buildup.
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+1 #1 Thomas Dock 2010-02-02 08:58
Thansk for helping us spread the word about this Dr. Rich...sadly, too many people think that this procedure helps their pets when it actually provides very little benefit.
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