Monday, February 07th, 2011 | Author: Positive Path Recovery
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Michele Darby, professor and eminent scholar in the Gene W. Hirschfield School of Dental Hygiene, is a dynamo. In addition to teaching in the schools state-of-the-art clinic, Darby teaches online courses, consults in the oral products industry and has written two core textbooks for the profession.
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Get your medical doctor to write it down for you that it is medically necessary. Only then the dentist will do it for you.
Otherwise, it is considered malpractice to extract the teeth that can be saved.
I hope though that you will be able to find a way to save your teeth and maintain good oral health.
Good luck !!
I'm quite a fan of Dr. Hovfe as her articles are very clear, succinct, and I think correct when it comes to feeding cats. I also feel that the canned must be of high quality, not Fancy Feast, Science Diet etc. which use by-product meat.
The teeth issue is also one I feel to be as much genetics as anything else (certainly in my case as a human) and my vets all agree on that. I have a 13 yr old kibble addict and every year the vet looks at her teeth and says, "Well, they don't need cleaning this year – maybe next year." Other cats I have need cleanings every year or every other year. They do eat a raw meat diet and canned food.
If we all ate chips or cereal all day without any milk and only a small amount of water and did not brush our teeth we would have plaque buildup too.
brush your teeth after breakfast and before you go to bed every day. After both times you brush your teeth, floss because brushing only does so much. The food stays in between your teeth even after you brush. At first, your gums will bleed from flossing but after a while if you keep at it the bleeding will stop. After this, use mouthwash for a little bit to kill all the remaining bacteria. It's as simple as that. Flossing is probably the main reason your breath smells. Carrying around mints will help you have good breath, but gum doesn't make your breath any better.
I've never looked at a resume for a dental assistant but I'll take a crack at it. Overall, it's in pretty good shape but I would change a few things. Your qualifications are fine but you have a problem with the language and tone. Typically, you want your points to be consistent and show action, skill, experience, etc. In your case, your first two are fine…Experienced in….Skilled in…..But the rest are expressed more like things you're doing or might do. As an example, you could change "Provide personal oral care instructions" to simply 'Provided personal oral care instructions" but I would go a little beyond that.
For a dental assistant, the interpersonal skills are just as important as the technical skills since you are the main contact for most dental visits and will typically have more contact with the patients than the dentist. Therefore, you may want to emphasize that aspect of your resume when you make your points. Back to our oral care instructions example, you could change it to: "Regularly worked one on one with patients providing detailed oral care instructions and discussing good oral hygiene practices." That might be a bit too much but you get the idea.
Also, you could fill-in a little more detail for your qualifications such as include what was accomplished or the benefits these skills will bring to the practice. In other words, you want to sell yourself or show what you bring to the table besides just a series of technical skills.
You can also include other skills besides your dental experience as long as it's applicable to the job. You kind of buried the translation aspect of your experience under your clinic work. If this was my resume and I was looking for work in LA, I would put being bilingual as one of the main points since that might be very handy. The same goes for any other skills or experience that might be applicable.
She looks very healthy, good weight and quite a lucky girl to have a loving home!
It's hard to predict if she'll get heavier because some do and some don't. Like people, cats have different body types and heredity factors that play a role in whether they gain little or no weight, or whether they become obese. That doesn't let us humans off the hook though, because it's up to us to feed a healthy diet in healthy portions. Better quality cat foods (wet or dry) will have meat as main ingredient. No corn (cheap filler that doesn't digest well), no wheat gluten (fattening carb with little nutritional value), no by-products (by-products are garbage, i.e., 'chicken feet, feather and beaks). One caution about canned food… chunks/shredded pieces in gravy tend to be more fattening because of the gravy.
As for the teeth… again as the case with humans, dental care is very important for their overall health and heredity plays a role too in teeth condition and gum health. The bad breath could be indicating bad teeth, excessive tarter and/or gingivitis. Your vet can do a thorough exam and recommend the appropriate dental treatment needed (teeth cleaning, possible removal of bad teeth). The initial dental care may be on the expensive side, especially if they need to do pre-anesthesia blood work, x-rays, cleaning and possible tooth extractions. Routine, follow-up dental care is typically much less costly, especially if you can find a vet who does routine cleanings and exams without anesthetic. My local holistic vet offers this service which is great, especially for older cats. Here's a very good link to help you find a reputable, licensed holistic vet in your area.
http://www.holisticvetlist.com/
Sounds like you need to start looking for another vet! In the meantime try meeting people in your area at a local dog park… Someone is sure to know of a place that has someone come in occasionally to clean dog teeth WITHOUT anesthesia. Unless your dogs teeth are dangerously dirty you should wait to have them cleaned by the vet until your dog is having surgery for something else. Such as a knee repair, fatty tumor removal, but don't risk your dog's life on having surgery for something cosmetic.
Get some really, really good treats and give them to your dog as you clean the teeth, the positive aspect of teaching them to allow you to clean their teeth is worth short term goodies! If you make it a really good experience you should gradually be able to have your dog allow you to use a dental pick on the back teeth. You can get them from internet dog supply and some local dog stores.
Right after I got one of my dogs in 1994, she chipped off a big piece of enamel on one of her back teeth. I was able to keep the tooth clean and healthy enough that she kept it for at least 8 years, then it finally wore through to the root and had to be removed… When the vet finished removing the tooth, she told me that her teeth were so clean that she did not even need to clean them and although the cleaning cost was in the estimate it was removed!!
I would even clean the teeth on many of my friend's dogs, if I found teeth that looked really bad or that I could not access, I would recommend a visit to the vet. This is how it should work if you take your dog to a grooming facility that provides teeth cleaning. This is not just brushing, but a person who should be trained and have equipment to really clean the teeth.
There are lots of products to help with bad breath, but if it is caused by your dog's teeth, have them cleaned somewhere rather than covering up what could be or become a serious problem. Also, check the ingredients in your dogs food and treats, there could be something that your dog is allergic to which is causing the problem… Just trying to be thorough.