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Animal Dental Clinic, Inc. Animal Dental Clinic is a veterinary practice specializing in dentistry and oral surgery. We provide

Because surgery can't always fit into a pre-determined time slot, our closing time is flexible based on the needs of our patients.

Some mouths need more than periodontal therapy. A mass along the gumline. A jaw fractured in an accident. Advanced perio...
10/21/2026

Some mouths need more than periodontal therapy. A mass along the gumline. A jaw fractured in an accident. Advanced periodontal disease that has undermined the bone. A tooth broken off below the gumline with a root that will not come out easily.

That's what oral surgery is for, and it's a large part of what happens here. Every case starts with a full oral exam and imaging — dental radiographs, and when the situation calls for it, a CBCT scan that shows bone and roots in three dimensions, so the plan exists before the first incision rather than being improvised during it. Your pet stays under monitored general anesthesia throughout, with pain control tailored to the procedure and continued at home. 🩺

Oral masses are the ones we most want people to catch early. Surgical margins are far better when a mass is small, so any new lump, facial swelling, or unexplained bleeding from the mouth deserves an exam soon rather than eventually.

What we hear afterward, over and over, is that the pet seems years younger. That's usually pain that had been there a long time.

📞 Call (703) 281-5900 or visit www.adcva.com to schedule a consultation.

They take the radiographs. They watch the monitors breath by breath while a tooth is being treated. They lay out the ins...
10/18/2026

They take the radiographs. They watch the monitors breath by breath while a tooth is being treated. They lay out the instruments, run the bloodwork, call you with the update, and sit on the floor with a patient who would very much rather be at home. 🩺

Ours are Kirsten at the front desk, and Mecca, Shannon, and Everly in the back. Everly joined us in 2019 and is working toward a specialty credential in veterinary dentistry — which tells you something about how thoroughly this work gets under your skin once you've seen a pet wake up out of pain.

If someone here has taken care of your dog or cat, say their name in the comments this week. They'll see it.

Tennis ball felt picks up grit, and grit is an abrasive. A dog who carries one every day for years can wear down the inc...
10/16/2026

Tennis ball felt picks up grit, and grit is an abrasive. A dog who carries one every day for years can wear down the incisors they use to cut, bite, nibble, and strip, and the canines they use to grab, pierce, and tear — flattening them toward the pulp. It's one of the easiest patterns to recognize in an exam room. 🎾

Sticks are the other one we'd quietly retire. They splinter, and the pieces drive into the roof of the mouth and the soft tissue under the tongue.

None of this means giving up the game. Swap the object: a smooth rubber ball made for dogs, or a soft flying disc. Throw low and rolling instead of high, keep water close, and stop before they're worn out — older dogs can play too, with shorter throws on softer ground.

Then go outside. Ten minutes of this is the best part of their whole day.

📞 Wondering whether your dog's teeth are showing wear? Call (703) 281-5900 and let us take a look.

When a tooth fractures deeply enough to expose the pulp, it hurts, and it will become infected. Most people assume extra...
10/14/2026

When a tooth fractures deeply enough to expose the pulp, it hurts, and it will become infected. Most people assume extraction is the only option. Very often, it isn't.

Endodontics treats the inside of the tooth. In root canal therapy, our veterinarian removes the infected pulp, cleans and disinfects the canal, seals it against bacteria, and restores the surface with a crown or a composite. The pain is resolved, the infection is gone, and your pet keeps a working tooth — which matters enormously for the canines they use to grab, pierce, and tear, and the premolars they use to grind, crush, and slice. For very recent fractures in younger patients, vital pulp therapy can sometimes preserve the living tooth outright. 🦷

Every case is planned with dental radiographs and, when the anatomy calls for it, a CBCT scan, so we know precisely what's happening at the root before we begin. Most root canals are completed in a single visit.

Worth an exam: a visibly fractured or discolored tooth, swelling below the eye, new drooling, or chewing that has quietly gone one-sided.

📞 Call (703) 281-5900 or visit www.adcva.com to have that tooth evaluated.

Surveys from the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention have put it near 59% of dogs and 61% of cats. Most of the extra ...
10/12/2026

Surveys from the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention have put it near 59% of dogs and 61% of cats. Most of the extra comes from treats, and dental chews are the ones people forget to count, because they feel like healthcare rather than snacks. 🐾

Two things worth knowing. A daily chew can be a meaningful share of a small dog's calories, so it should come out of the food bowl rather than sit on top of it. And not every product does anything at all — look for the Veterinary Oral Health Council seal, which means it was actually tested and shown to reduce plaque or tartar.

Then there's the other half of this. The hardest chews are the riskiest ones. If it doesn't flex or dent under your thumbnail — antlers, hooves, bones, hard nylon — it is far more likely to fracture a tooth than clean one. We see exactly where those end up.

📞 Not sure what's safe for your pet? Call (703) 281-5900, or see the home care products we recommend at www.adcva.com.

A referral can land like bad news. It usually isn't. It generally means your veterinarian found something that deserves ...
10/09/2026

A referral can land like bad news. It usually isn't. It generally means your veterinarian found something that deserves equipment and training built specifically for the mouth — a fractured tooth, an oral mass, a malocclusion ("overbite" or "underbite"), a cat whose teeth are resorbing.

Becoming a Diplomate of the American Veterinary Dental College takes a residency, published work, and board examinations. There are just over 140 in the world. Dr. Hall is one of them, and a Fellow of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry as well. Animal Dental Clinic has been a dentistry-only practice since 1994, which makes it the longest-standing veterinary dental practice in Virginia. 🦷

You don't need a referral to call us, by the way. A good number of our clients find us on their own and simply pick up the phone.

📞 Call (703) 281-5900. We're at 410 Maple Avenue West in Vienna, right across from Wawa, Monday through Friday, 7am to 4pm.

Almost every pet parent asks us the same question, usually quietly, near the end of the appointment: is the anesthesia s...
10/07/2026

Almost every pet parent asks us the same question, usually quietly, near the end of the appointment: is the anesthesia safe? It's the right question, and we're always glad when someone asks it out loud.

Here's the honest answer. A dog or cat can't hold still for periodontal probing, dental radiographs, or surgery on a tooth root — and an awake "cleaning" can't reach below the gumline, which is exactly where periodontal disease lives. General anesthesia is what allows us to find the problem and fix it in one visit, and intubation protects the airway from water and debris the entire time. 🫧

We build the plan around each patient. A physical exam and full history first, pre-anesthetic bloodwork to check organ function, then agents chosen for your pet's age, breed, weight, and health. During the procedure our team monitors heart rate and rhythm, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, carbon dioxide, and body temperature continuously. Recovery happens in a quiet space, and no one goes home until they're stable, comfortable, and fully awake.

And age alone is not a reason to say no. Careful screening is the answer to age.

📞 Call (703) 281-5900 or visit www.adcva.com with any anesthesia question. We would much rather answer it than have you worry about it.

Dr. Hall volunteers with the Dental Coalition for Conservation, a nonprofit of human and veterinary dental professionals...
10/04/2026

Dr. Hall volunteers with the Dental Coalition for Conservation, a nonprofit of human and veterinary dental professionals treating dental disease in animals living in zoos and sanctuaries. Tigers, lions, a cougar. Animals who have no way to tell a keeper that a fractured canine has been hurting for months. 🐯

He travels to those facilities to treat, and just as importantly, to train the caretakers who are there every single day. His peers in exotic dentistry recognized that work with the Peter Emily International Veterinary Dental Foundation Service Award.

The principle doesn't change from a tiger to a terrier: no animal should suffer in silence when the knowledge to help already exists.

🔗 Learn more about the Dental Coalition for Conservation at the-dcc.org.

Wellness month brings to mind bloodwork and a weight check, and those matter. But the most common source of ongoing disc...
10/02/2026

Wellness month brings to mind bloodwork and a weight check, and those matter. But the most common source of ongoing discomfort in adult dogs and cats is sitting quietly behind their lips — and most of it develops below the gumline, where no awake exam can reach. 🍂

Here's what we'd ask you to do this month. Lift the lip. Look at the gum margins where they meet the teeth. Notice whether your pet still chews on both sides, still picks up their favorite toy, still greets you with the same breath they had last year.

Those small observations are how most of our patients get here in time.

📞 Call (703) 281-5900 or visit www.adcva.com to schedule an oral health assessment for your pet.

Did you know? The upper fourth premolar, sometimes called the carnassial tooth, is the workhorse of your dog's mouth. It...
09/25/2026

Did you know? The upper fourth premolar, sometimes called the carnassial tooth, is the workhorse of your dog's mouth. It grinds, crushes, and slices, and it takes the brunt of every hard chew. When it fractures, a slab of the outer surface shears off along the cheek side — where you'll almost never spot it. 🦷

Dogs with a fractured carnassial usually keep eating without complaint, often shifting to the other side. Left untreated, exposed pulp leads to infection that can drain as a swelling just below the eye. Depending on the tooth, root canal therapy or extraction brings full relief.

The teeth that work the hardest deserve the closest look.

📞 Call (703) 281-5900 to have that back tooth checked.

Address

410 Maple Avenue West, Suite 1
Vienna, VA
22180

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 4pm
Tuesday 7am - 4pm
Wednesday 7am - 4pm
Thursday 7am - 4pm
Friday 7am - 4pm

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+17032815900

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