Referring to Sydney Pet Dentistry

Referring to Sydney Pet Dentistry is a collaborative experience. We understand that a pet’s primary care vet is the centre of their healthcare team. Our role is to assist you with your patients’ oral care needs as part of your support team, and to hand them back over for ongoing care once stable.

Why & When to Refer

Referral dentistry should be considered for complex cases, advanced procedures, or for long surgeries that you don’t want staged. We can perform advanced anaesthesia for patients that require dental care. We also see emergencies and revision surgeries. Complications happen to all of us – if you have trouble we are here to help you out.

How to Refer

Refer through our website forms, by email or phone.

Ask your client to call us to make an appointment. We can supply you with client information brochures.

If possible, sending through the referral in advance can save confusion.

Services

Emergencies

Some dental emergencies should be treated within 48-72 hours, as long as the patient is stable. Freshly broken or avulsed teeth are common emergencies.

No Staging

Our vets are experienced and efficient oral surgeons. With very few exceptions, we can treat patients that might usually require multi-stage dental treatment under one anaesthetic. This has clear benefits for all pets, especially old or sick patients. It can even reduce the cost of some treatments compared to staged dental procedures.

Old and Sick Patients

Sydney Pet Dentistry offers a specialist anaesthesia service. Old and sick patients often have severe concurrent dental disease. The risks of anaesthesia and the length of surgery make clients and vets reluctant to anaesthetise a patient that really needs treatment for quality of life.

Our combination of specialist anaesthesia and quick, efficient surgery can allow the successful treatment of the most challenging cases.

Complimentary Dental Advice

Make a free enquiry. Our vets will endeavour to reply within three business days. For urgent advice call 1300 838 336.

Common Referrals

We see referral cases, as well as second opinions and revision surgeries. Here are some of the more common referrals we see.

Fractured or Discoloured Teeth
- Root canal therapy
- Vital pulp capping
- Restoration and odontoplasty
Malocclusions and Bite Assessments
- Base narrow canines
- Caudal overclosure in cats
- Overshot and undershot jaws
- Wry bites
Periodontal Disease
- Advanced periodontal therapy
- Gingivectomy for gingival hyperplasia
- Scaling and polishing
- Extractions with weak or thin bone
Extractions
- Efficient full mouth extractions (stomatitis)
- Minimally traumatic extractions
- Minimal bone removal canine extractions
- Deciduous tooth removal
- Unerupted tooth removal
- Root tip retrieval
Oral Surgery
- Trauma and jaw fracture repair
- Oronasal fistula repair
- Dentigerous cysts
- Oral neoplasia
Diagnostics
- Dental radiology
- Cone beam CT

Our Hospital

Our purpose-built hospital opened in November, 2023. It is custom designed and fully fitted out with state of the art equipment to allow our team to provide expert care for your patients.

Easy access from the M1 and M2, onsite parking and welcoming facilities (including treats for humans as well as pets) help make the referral experience as smooth as possible for your clients.