Fret, worry, old cat dentist

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I find that I'm not happy about Boof! needing a general anaesthetic for dental work at his advanced age. Now, I'd not expect a vet to pull out a tooth with an awake cat! But the risks associated with anaesthesia increased markedly with age in humans, as far as I know. So, presumably, the same is true in felines :-( We've started him on antibiotics for the gingivitis. Maybe clearing that up will solve most of the problem from his purr-spective, and the tooth thing is unnecessary to his quality of life? In which case, the risk is unjustified ...

I can't talk to the vet about this now until Monday morning, hence I'm coming to you, gentle Flist, for ... well, to let it out, I suppose.