Holistic and Integrative Aids to better Healing in Dental Care

As part of our holistic care for our patients, dental health treatments are one of the most important parts of whole-body pet health. Dental wellness exams to identify potential or existing concerns, usually followed by comprehensive cleaning, perhaps extractions of seriously diseased teeth, and any other procedures needed to reduce infection and inflammation, and obtain the best dental condition of our pets mouths: all give the best outcome for the better overall, holistic, wellbeing of our pets.

As part of the advanced care we can provide during and after the dental procedure, we recommend several holistic and integrative treatments that can speed healing, reduce complications, and improve patient comfort. These include:

Acupuncture/acupressure: used for analgesic and anti-inflammatory benefits. In hospital they are applied before, during, and after the dental procedure; pet owners can apply acupressure gently to LI 4 on the front paw at home to aid post-operative discomfort.

Laser Therapy: promotes tissue repair and reduces pain and inflammation and enhances healing blood flow and cellular energy production. Given at the end of the dental procedure and one hour later while the pet is in clinic.

Ozone Therapy: recognized by the American Dental Association for treatment of dental abscesses, medical ozone therapy kills pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi), increases oxygen delivery to tissues, and decreases pain, inflammation, and swelling. Ozone formulated medications must be made immediately before use, but then are used to flush diseased dental pockets and tissues, injected around infected teeth and gums, and applied post operatively to dental surgery sites and affected gums.

Herbal and Homeopathic Medications:  several different homeopathic options can be used to address pain and inflammation, and to improve healing. These can include Arnica, California poppy, corydalis, boswelllia, turmeric, Yunnan Baiyao, and CBD oil. Depending on the findings during the dental procedure, individual treatments will be selected.

Along with the treatments described above, homeopathy and chiropractic and veterinary orthopedic manipulation may be used to improve the healing processes.

In conclusion, the application of various integrative techniques in veterinary dentistry can help provide improved outcomes for your pet, with faster healing, improved levels of comfort, and more rapid recovery from infection, hemorrhage, and pain.

We are confident this offers you further steps along the path to better dental health for your pet: we will include the fee for these services in the overall dental quote for you to choose if you wish.

(If performed with the dental procedure this package is reduced to $57).

Thank you, and Best Wishes for the health of your pet!

Dr. Wanda Vockeroth, Dr. Tony Gerrow, and Associates:

And the entire Health Care Team at Healing Traditions Holistic Veterinary Clinic