Virginia Veterinary Dentisry at Cary Street Vet
Dr. Ed Taylor, a Board Certified Specialist in canine and feline medicine and a Fellow and Past-President of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry, practices specialty dentristry at Cary Street Veterinary Hospital.
Some of the services that we can provide are:
Dental Radiography
- Portable dental x-ray equipment
- High quality detailed images
- Experience in interpretation, exposure and positioning
Periodontics
- Broad treatment options for the most common infectious disease of dogs and cats
- Owner counseling and instructions for home care
- Professional dental prophylaxis
- Root planing
- Guided tissue regeneration
- Gum surgery
- Complicated extractions
Orthodontics
- Interceptive orthodontics in young pets
- Correction of misaligned or crooked teeth to relieve pain, irritation, infection and to prevent tooth loss
- Bite evaluations for show and breeding pets
- Salvage procedures when conventional orthodontics are not indicated
Endodontics
- Root canal treatment for broken teeth with exposed pulp
- Root canal treatment for discolored (dead) teeth
- Crown reduction and partial root canal treatment for misaligned teeth
- Disarming of aggressive pets
Prosthodontics
- Cast crowns to protect weakened teeth
- Bonded restorations
Oral Orthopedics
- Dental techniques and materials for noninvasive treatment of oral injuries
- Fracture stabilization with no additional damage to teeth, nerves and blood vessels
- Management of TMJ injuries
- Intraoral acrylic and composite splints
- Stabilization of partially or fully dislocated teeth
Oral Surgery
- Tumor surgery
- Oronasal fistula repair
- Surgical extractions
