For veterinary hospitals
A complementary dental maintenance service for your clients.
Pet Dental of Colorado is an independently owned Colorado business establishing partnerships with veterinary hospitals. We offer anesthesia-free dental maintenance for appropriately screened dogs and cats, delivered at your hospital and built around your clinical standards.
What a partnership could offer your hospital
A service designed to complement your veterinary dental care, not compete with it.
- An additional service optionFor clients whose pets your veterinarians consider appropriate candidates.
- Complementary oral-health educationClear home-care guidance that reinforces your recommendations, including why dental radiographs and anesthetic dentistry matter.
- Client engagement opportunitiesMore occasions for clients to talk with your team about their pet's oral health.
- Referrals for comprehensive dental treatmentPets needing comprehensive dental care are referred to your veterinarians.
- Marketing and appointment coordinationWe manage marketing, appointment scheduling, and client communication for the service.
- Aligned with your clinical standardsA collaborative approach developed with your medical director and clinical team.
How responsibilities would be shared
A proposed starting point. Final responsibilities would be agreed in writing with each hospital.
Pet Dental of Colorado
We would coordinate:
- Scheduling and appointment management
- Marketing and client communication
- Equipment and supplies
- Day-to-day service operations
- Before-and-after photos
- Personalized Dental Report Cards
- Client follow-up and communication
Your veterinary hospital
The proposed partnership would involve:
- A veterinarian present on-site during services
- Veterinary examination and approval of each pet before treatment
- Screening for heart murmurs, known cardiac conditions, and other potential contraindications
- A veterinarian available to address clinical concerns or emergencies
- Agreed clinical protocols, patient eligibility requirements, documentation, and referral procedures
- Appropriate supervision under Colorado veterinary regulations
Before services begin, your medical director and appropriate regulatory professionals would confirm the permitted procedures, personnel qualifications, and legally required supervision arrangements. Having a veterinarian on-site does not by itself establish legal compliance.
Proposed services
Subject to veterinary approval and applicable Colorado regulations, and limited to what the personnel performing them are legally permitted to do.
What we propose to offer
- Gentle anesthesia-free dental maintenance for appropriately screened dogs and cats
- Removal of visible plaque and tartar from accessible tooth surfaces
- Tooth polishing
- Blue-light visual inspection, as an additional visual check (not diagnostic)
- Optional Bach Flower essences in our comfort routine, only under your veterinarian's protocols
- Before-and-after photos
- Personalized Dental Report Cards
- At-home oral hygiene guidance for clients
- Veterinary referrals when appropriate
What we don't do
- Diagnose or treat dental or periodontal disease
- Clean below the gumline, or perform any treatment there
- Perform extractions or any surgical procedure
- Sedate or medicate patients
- Present our service as a substitute for veterinary dental examinations, radiographs, or dentistry under anesthesia
Patient screening and safety
Proposed standards, finalized with each partner hospital's medical director before any clinic day.
- Veterinary approval for every petEach pet is examined and approved by a veterinarian before any cleaning. Your veterinarians decide who, if anyone, is a candidate.
- Cardiac conditions excludedPets with any known heart murmur, heart disease, abnormal rhythm, or other cardiac condition are not eligible for our service (proposed policy, for your medical director's sign-off). Owners unsure of cardiac history can't complete a booking until it's clarified. This concerns our awake service only, not a pet's suitability for dental care under anesthesia.
- Referred insteadSigns of pain, loose or fractured teeth, gingival bleeding or swelling, heavy calculus, suspected periodontal disease, oral masses, or significant fear or aggression.
- Gentle handling, clear stop criteriaLow-stress techniques and minimal restraint. Visits stop for significant stress, signs of discomfort, or anything outside our scope, and the veterinarian is informed.
- Protocols agreed in writingHandling, instrument care, documentation, emergencies, and referral, reviewed and approved with your team.
From booking to follow-up
How a visit would move through your hospital.
Screening at booking
Owners answer a health and temperament questionnaire. A known cardiac condition stops the booking; "not sure" holds it until clarified; other concerns are flagged for the veterinarian.
Veterinary exam and approval
A veterinarian examines each pet, approves it for the service or not, and leads informed consent, including the limits of anesthesia-free maintenance.
Dental maintenance
When authorized, removal of visible plaque and tartar from accessible tooth surfaces, polishing, and a blue-light visual check, following the agreed protocols and stop criteria.
Personalized Dental Report Card
Observations, what was done, recommendations, and before-and-after photos for the client.
Referral
Concerns are brought to your veterinarian's attention, and pets needing comprehensive dental care are referred to your team.
Pricing and scheduling
Proposed terms, discussed openly with each hospital.
- $290 per petProposed client price for an anesthesia-free dental maintenance visit.
- About 45 minutesAppointments are generally scheduled for about 45 minutes. Clinic days are planned around your hospital's schedule.
Consistent documentation
Every visit ends with a Personalized Dental Report Card for the client, in the same format every time.
- Visible observations, clearly separated from veterinary findings
- What was and wasn't done
- Home-care guidance and recommended next steps
- Before-and-after photos
The format and how it relates to your medical record would be agreed with your team.
Personalized Dental Report Card
Pet Dental of Colorado
What we observed
Light tartar on the upper back teeth. Gum near the upper left canine looked red.
Visual observations, not a diagnosis.
What was done
- Visible plaque and tartar removed
- Teeth polished
- Blue-light visual check
- Short breaks for comfort
Home care
Brush a few times a week with pet toothpaste. Ask your veterinarian about dental chews.
Photos
Before-and-after photos of the visible tooth surfaces.
Recommendations
For example: "Please have your regular veterinarian look at the upper left canine."
Colorado rules we're building around
Our summary as we understand it. It isn't legal advice, and every arrangement will be reviewed by counsel.
- Cleaning is veterinary dentistryColorado's rules treat removing calculus, plaque, and stains, and polishing teeth, as dentistry and therefore the practice of veterinary medicine.
- A VCPR, a record, and documented consentWhen anesthesia-free cleaning is considered, consent must include a thorough discussion of its limited effectiveness against periodontal disease compared with procedures under general anesthesia.
- Delegation and supervisionDelegated dentistry requires direct supervision, meaning a licensed veterinarian readily available on the premises. Who may perform delegated tasks is also governed elsewhere in the Practice Act and Board rules, and will be confirmed with counsel.
References: 4 CCR 727-1, Rule 1.5 (Dentistry) and Rule 1.6 (Supervision), and the Colorado Veterinary Practice Act (C.R.S. 12-315). The Board's current published rules control.
Establishing our partnership
Every partnership is set up with care. Clinical protocols, insurance arrangements, written agreements, and operational details are finalized and verified with your team before the first clinic day, so services begin on a clear, agreed footing.
Questions from hospital teams
Doesn't the veterinary dental community oppose anesthesia-free dentistry?
Many organizations do, largely because it is often performed without veterinary oversight or marketed as a replacement for dental care under anesthesia. We share those concerns. Our model is narrower: a veterinarian's exam and approval for every pet, strict screening, honest consent, and referral whenever something falls outside what anesthesia-free maintenance can address.
Who would perform the cleaning?
Our founder has more than five years of hands-on experience performing anesthesia-free dental maintenance for dogs and cats. Who may perform delegated tasks, and under what supervision, would be confirmed against Colorado's rules with counsel and your medical director before any clinic day.
Who would hold the veterinarian-client-patient relationship and the records?
We would expect the veterinarian-client-patient relationship and the medical record to stay with your hospital. The details would be defined in the written agreement.
Would this take patients away from our practice?
We don't believe so, and we don't want it to. Visits take place at your hospital, and anything that needs evaluation or treatment stays with your veterinarians. We don't diagnose, treat, or perform procedures under anesthesia.
How much veterinarian time would this take?
Each pet needs a veterinary exam and approval, and a veterinarian needs to be on-site and available throughout the clinic day. We handle scheduling, client communication, and operations around your team's workflow.
What about insurance and liability?
Responsibilities and insurance requirements would be set out in the written agreement, and appropriate coverage confirmed, before any clinic day.
Discuss a partnership
Let's talk about your hospital.
For hospital managers, practice owners, and medical directors. Tell us a little about your hospital, and we'll reply by email to arrange an introductory call, a visit, or a short overview for your team.
- Phone(720) 336-2104
- Emailpetdentalofco@gmail.com
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