DaCross's Clinical Services

DaCross Services

DaCross Services, the veterinary dental consultancy run by David Crossley provides a clinical referral and radiograph reading service to veterinary colleagues requiring assistance with cases involving veterinary dental and orofacial surgical conditions.

DaCross Services also provides a range of nonclinical services.

Referrals

The referral service only handles cases referred by other veterinary surgeons. Consultations cannot be arranged and animals will not be seen until the case has been referred and appropriate medical details supplied by the animal's normal veterinary surgeon. If you have an animal you suspect of having a dental or related problem please take it to your normal veterinary surgeon in the first instance (also see below). If you or your vet then consider that referral is required your vet just needs to contact us or one of the clinics at which we see cases.

Dental and Orofacial Surgery Referral Clinic

Referrals must be arranged by your normal veterinary surgeon. Clinics are held at:

1. Animal Medical Centre Referral Services ** (www.amcreferrals.com)
   • 511 Wilbraham Road
     Chorlton
     Manchester
     M21 0UB
     Telephone : (UK) 0161 881 3329
     Facsimilie : (UK) 0161 861 8553
2. Your own veterinary practice
   • This may incurr significant additional costs.
     Please get your vet to contact DaCross Services for more details.

Radiology Service

DaCross services offers an oro-facial radiograph interpretation service in conjunction with its referral service. Non-urgernt radiographs may be sent to any of the above clinic, however, in urgent cases it is advisable to contact us first to check where to send the films to ensure a prompt response.

Advice for owners

The place to start if you suspect your animal has any medical problem is your normal veterinary surgeon. Do not be afraid of explaining your concerns, but be prepared for the need to investigate any problem that is found. In some cases problems are be simple to identify and treat, however, blood tests, x-rays, examination under a general anaesthetic, biopsy etc. will be necessary. Treatment may sometimes be performed at the same time as investigations, or it have to be delayed whilst waiting for test results or referral to a specialist.

In most dental and orofacial surgery cases, additional oral hygiene measures will be required over and above the routine daily tooth brushing required by pet cats and dogs (and by people) during the healing period. Routine oral hygiene measures are essential to control periodontal disease and prevent this insidious infectious condition causing chronic damage to vital internal organs as well as the tooth support structures.

Information on some common dental and other oral problems (identification, prevention and treatment) is available from the links page.