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Your Pet's First Visit

We look forward to meeting you and your family pet soon. Before coming to our office, please review these few topics to ensure that we get all the necessary information PRIOR to your pet’s appointment.

Before Dr. Greenfield and Dr. Briggs sees your pet for either a wellness ATP (annual periodontal cleaning including dental x-rays), a wellness prophylactic dentistry and assessments, or for a particular procedure such as a root canal therapy, multiple extractions, or oral cancer surgery, it is essential that you follow this pet dentist visit checklist prior to visiting us:

Blood Work

  • Make sure your pet has current blood work (CBC, Chemistries, +/- Urinalysis) within the last 3 months. If your pet is a super-senior (>13-14 years), more current blood work is recommended. For senior cats, a Thyroid panel is also advised. These can be easily done by your family veterinary practice prior to your visit with Dr. Greenfield and Dr. Briggs.
  • Ask your family veterinarian to forward the lab values and most current medical record information to our office via fax (615-626-6015) or at staff@yourpetdentist.com prior to your pet’s scheduled visit.

Medication

Let us know what medications your pet is currently taking. We will tell you whether or not to give medication the morning of the procedure.

When to take up food

  • Take up food around 10 pm (or before you go to bed).
  • Water can be available to your pet all night (Do not withhold water).
  • Give any medication that is routinely given in the evening.
  • The morning of the procedure
    • Follow the specific medication instructions found on the bottle.
    • No breakfast but water again is fine…and off to see Dr. Greenfield and Dr. Briggs!
  • In the evening after the procedure:
    • Return to normal medications unless otherwise instructed to withhold.

If you have any questions regarding your pet’s upcoming visit, please call us at (615) 626-6015.

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"So grateful for the whole team that took such good care of my kitty! I took him in for a full tooth extraction because his gum disease was very advanced. I was super nervous, but its been two weeks since his procedure and he is literally a brand new cat! Everyone was very sweet and helpful, answered all my crazy questions. Even the people in the waiting room before i dropped him off were telling me their pets stories and how much better they are now. He recovered so well and im beyond relieved he is finally out of pain, eats normally and is gaining weight too! I cant wait for him to be a really big chonk."

KateLynn B.

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