Originally Posted by
DaveMorris
A couple things from my experience:
1. Cats are very susceptible to getting blood born disease from bad teeth. Bad stuff can get into their blood stream by way of infected gums.
2. Look into health insurance for your cat. We have it at Banfield (inside Petsmart). Routine tooth cleaning is part of the comprehensive care. You will also save quite a bit if the cat has any real medical needs. People laugh about pet health insurance, but if you are too cheap or too lazy to take proper care of your pet, then you should not have one to begin with.
3. I wouldn't hesitate to get multiple opinions on anything like that. It is a lot of money and there is no reason to believe that dishonest people don't work in the pet care industry, just like everywhere else.