3936. The 9-year-old Miniature Schnauzer still vomits but less. Why?

Thursday. 10 Dec 2020.

"I had his teeth done not long ago," the rugged sunburnt man in his 60s asked me when I told him that his dog had 15 teeth extracted today. "How come she still had so much tartar in so many teeth?"

"When was the last time she was having her teeth checked?" 

He could not remember and said: 
"How to prevent any further episodes of bad teeth?"

"Tooth brushing is the best, as in people. You can try to give dental chews."

The man was worried about expenses and asked:
"How about mouth washes for dogs?"

"I doubt they are effective for dogs," I told him that dogs eating soft food tends to get tartar in their teeth as compared to those eating kibbles. 

There was an anaesthetic complication during dental work for this sprigthly old dog. Food and water vomited out during anaesthesia. I had to take out the tube and tilt the operate table downwards.
She developed a stiff neck extension soon. "Give atropine 0.5 ml IV," I told Hsu. "Zoletil has this side effect." 

Overall, the dog recovered from the dental work but had 15 loose and dead teeth extracted  
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