Published price
Cat dental scaling
Full scale and polish under monitored anaesthesia.
349 AED
- Pre-anaesthetic examination on the day
- Scaling above and below the gumline
- Polishing to slow tartar returning
- A written report of every tooth
Cat Dental Cleaning in Dubai — AED 349, Under Anaesthesia
Scaling and polishing above and below the gumline, under monitored anaesthesia — because the part that causes pain in cats is the part you cannot see.
- AED 349 Cat dental scaling
- Monitored throughout Under anaesthesia
- Usually Home the same day
- Al Quoz 3 Dubai
Published price
AED 349, and what it actually includes
Most cats over three have some dental disease, and almost none of them show it. Cat dental cleaning in Dubai at Petbook Veterinary Clinic in Al Quoz 3 is AED 349 — a full scale and polish under monitored anaesthesia, not a scrape at the visible surfaces while a cat is held still.
Anaesthesia is not an upsell here, it is the reason the procedure works. Tartar above the gumline is cosmetic; the disease that causes pain sits below it, along the root, where nothing can be cleaned or even seen in a conscious cat. Cats also hide oral pain almost completely — they keep eating, and owners find out at the visit rather than at the bowl. Painful resorptive lesions, which are common in cats specifically, are found on the table and on X-ray.
Every dental starts with a full examination and, where advised, pre-anaesthetic blood work in our own lab. It sits inside our wider veterinary dentistry service, and if you are here because your cat has stopped eating, our cat vet in Dubai page is the better starting point.
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AED 349, published
The scale and polish under anaesthesia. Extractions, if needed, are quoted before we proceed.
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Monitored anaesthesia
A licensed vet examines her that morning, and she is monitored throughout — not left on a timer.
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Below the gumline too
The part that causes pain. A conscious scrape cleans the part you can see and leaves the disease.
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Feline-specific problems
Resorptive lesions and stomatitis are cat problems, not scaled-down dog ones. We look for them specifically.
What Dubai cat owners say about Petbook
Reviews from our public Google profile — not written by us.
4.7 446 Google reviews
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khadidja belairche 4 weeks ago I highly recommend this veterinary clinic! They truly care about pets as if they were their own babies. Every time my cats have been sick, the team has always followed up to check on their recovery & see if they needed anything else. That level of care & compassion means so much to me 🤍
- ★★★★★
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Published dental prices
What a cat dental costs at Petbook
AED 349, published
Extractions quoted before we proceed, never added afterwards.
Dental scaling for cats is AED 349 and for dogs AED 499. The consultation that has to come first is AED 120. Extractions, dental X-rays and pre-anaesthetic blood work depend on what the examination finds, so those are quoted before we start rather than added afterwards — message us on WhatsApp for a same-day quote.
Step by step
What happens on the day
She comes in fasted in the morning and usually goes home the same afternoon.
- Step 01
Examination that morning
Heart, chest, weight and hydration checked before anything. If anything looks off, we postpone rather than proceed.
- Step 02
Pre-anaesthetic blood work
Run in our in-house lab when advised — particularly for older cats, where kidney values change the anaesthetic plan.
- Step 03
Anaesthesia, monitored throughout
Matched to her weight and condition, with a nurse watching her the whole time rather than a timer.
- Step 04
Charting every tooth
Each tooth is probed and recorded. This is where resorptive lesions — painful, common in cats, invisible from outside — are found.
- Step 05
Scale, then polish
Ultrasonic scaling above and below the gumline, then polishing, because a scaled tooth left rough collects plaque faster than before.
- Step 06
Recovery and a written report
She wakes in a quiet space and goes home the same day with a chart of what was found and what to watch.
Dentistry at our Al Quoz clinic
Real photos from the clinic — including a scaling done in our own theatre.
The part you cannot see
Why anaesthesia is the procedure, not an extra
A conscious cat will not allow probing below the gumline, and that is exactly where periodontal disease lives. Anaesthesia-free cleaning removes visible tartar and leaves the disease in place — the mouth looks better and hurts the same. Ours is AED 349 with the cat monitored throughout by a licensed team.
- Cleaning below the gumline, where the pain actually is
- Every tooth probed and charted, not just the visible ones
- Monitored throughout, with a pre-anaesthetic check that morning
Cats in Dubai
Why we see so much feline dental disease here
The combination that describes almost every cat we see — indoors, air conditioned, dry food available all day — is also the combination that builds tartar.
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Dry food, left down all day
Grazing on kibble keeps the mouth in a constant cycle of plaque. It is convenient in a working household and hard on teeth.
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Flat-faced breeds crowd teeth
Persians and Exotics are everywhere in Dubai, and a shortened jaw means overlapping teeth that trap food and tartar.
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Brushing is rare here
Very few cats in the region are brushed at home, so the first real clean is often at three or four years old.
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Low water intake
Constant air conditioning and dry diets reduce drinking, which reduces the natural rinsing the mouth would otherwise get.
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Many are former street cats
Rescued adults often arrive with years of untreated disease and broken teeth nobody recorded.
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Owners change vets often
With people moving flats and countries, dental grading rarely gets tracked year to year. We write it down so the next visit has a baseline.
When to have it done
How often a cat needs a dental
There is no fixed interval — it depends on what the mouth looks like at the annual visit. These are the points where we usually raise it.
- From about 3 years old: dental grading at every annual check-up
- When grading reaches the point where tartar sits under the gumline, not just on it
- Sooner at any age if there is bad breath, drooling, or eating on one side
- Seniors: dental disease and kidney values are checked together — age is not a reason to skip it, it is a reason to test first
Cats hide oral pain
Signs your cat's mouth needs looking at now
A cat with a painful mouth usually keeps eating. These are the signs that show up instead.
- Breath that has changed, or smells strongly
- Chewing on one side, or dropping food from the mouth
- Drooling, or pawing at the face
- Red, swollen gum line where the tooth meets the gum
- Preferring wet food when she used to eat dry
- Grooming less, or a coat that has gone unkempt
Common questions
Are cat dental cleanings worth it?
When the mouth actually needs one, yes — and the reason is pain rather than appearance. Feline periodontal disease and resorptive lesions hurt continuously, and cats do not stop eating, so the improvement people notice afterwards is usually behavioural: more grooming, more play, less hiding. It is not worth doing on a schedule for its own sake, though. We grade the mouth at the annual visit and recommend one when the grading says so.
How to tell if a cat needs teeth cleaned?
Lift the lip and look at the gum line where the tooth meets the gum. A thin red band, visible yellow-brown tartar, or gums that bleed easily all point to disease. Breath is the other useful signal — not fishy breath from food, but a persistent smell that has changed. Because cats keep eating through significant pain, none of this shows up in appetite, which is why the annual examination matters more in cats than in dogs.
Is dental cleaning painful for cats?
The cleaning itself is done under anaesthesia, so she feels nothing during it. Afterwards, a simple scale and polish leaves most cats comfortable the same evening. If teeth had to be extracted — usually because a resorptive lesion has destroyed the root — there is soreness for a few days, and pain relief is dispensed for it. What is genuinely painful is leaving established disease in place, which is the comparison worth making.
Can I scrape tartar off my cat's teeth?
Please do not. Scraping at home removes some visible tartar and leaves the tooth surface rough, which makes plaque stick faster than before — and it does nothing below the gum line, where the disease is. It also risks a bad bite injury and teaches a cat to fight any handling of her mouth. Brushing with a cat-specific paste is worth doing; scraping is not.
What age should cats get dental cleaning?
There is no set age. Disease is common from about three years old, so that is when we start grading the mouth carefully at the annual visit, and the first cleaning happens whenever the grading justifies it — for some cats at three, for others at seven. Age alone is not a reason to delay in an older cat either: we run blood work first and build the anaesthetic around the results rather than declining on the basis of the birthday.
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