Do cats go to the dentist?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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An inevitability of life is that humans have to go to the dentist. Some people love it, some hate it! But taking care of our teeth is super important. Do our kitty friends have to do the same thing? Large animal surgeon Whitney Cutrone answers this very question. Got a question that’s got some bite? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll help find an answer right meow! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind, brains on, this is Moment of Um.
0:05.3	Um, um, um, um, um, um, um,
0:07.4	Moment of Um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Sand and Totten.
0:13.1	Um.
0:15.2	Okay, Squiggles, I'm headed out. Can you try not to mess with the plants again this time?
0:20.3	I learned my lesson. Where are you headed this time?
0:24.5	Oh, the dentist for my six-month check-up.
0:26.7	Can I come?
0:27.6	I don't think they allow cats at the dentist.
0:30.5	Why not?
0:31.7	Because, well, you'd get hair all over everything.
0:34.7	True.
0:35.4	And you'd probably hide under the chair.
0:37.6	True. And it would freak people out. Okay, true. But I do have teeth. Can't I go to my own dentist?
0:45.2	Well, no, because actually, wait, that's a really good question. Should you be going to the dentist, too?
0:52.5	I mean, you don't even brush or floss or teeth.
0:56.9	Actually, Ryder had this same question.
1:00.2	Hi, I'm Ryder, and I live in Northridge, Massachusetts.
1:06.8	I want to know do cats go to the dentist.
1:11.2	There is specialties within veterinary medicine,
1:15.3	and those range from, you know, a surgeon like me or someone that's internal medicine,
1:20.8	and then there is Dentistry Board Certified Veterinarians.
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