Phone:(207) 481-8232
Cat and Dog Dentistry
Providing high quality dental care services for cats and dogs.
Our care will make you and your pet smile!
Providing high quality dental care services for cats and dogs.
Our care will make you and your pet smile!
Did you know that we have a fund to help pets in need of dental care? Our Tooth Fairy Fund benefits community members with pets in severe oral pain that cannot afford dental care. Learn more and Donate!
Welcome to Mainely Veterinary Dentistry! MVD is a veterinary dentistry only practice located in Windham, Maine on Roosevelt Trail (Route 302). We are committed to improving the overall dental health of cats and dogs in Maine and beyond. We hope that by providing this service we can encourage more routine dental care for cats and dogs. We see patients both on a DVM referral and pet-owner self referral basis.
Mainely Veterinary Dentistry provides prompt diagnosis and treatment of common oral and dental disease problems. We also believe in, and advocate for, routine annual comprehensive oral health assessments and treatments (COHATs) for cats and dogs. Some patients may even need this service every 6 months to prevent dental disease from progressing. We encourage dental homecare and educate owners on the best options for their pet; however, a proper oral exam cannot be performed on an awake animal and 2/3rds of the pet’s tooth is under the gumline. Dental xrays ensure that we do not miss any problems that could otherwise go unseen.
A thorough exam, including an oral exam, and review of the patient’s medical history is performed at the dental consultation appointment prior to scheduling a procedure with us. This ensures that all parties have the information necessary to safely and properly treat the pet’s oral health. See below to request a dentistry consult and thank you for considering us for your pet’s oral health needs.
Do you have a pet that is suffering from dental disease? Or maybe you just want to have an assessment of your pets teeth because it has never been done before or it is well overdue.
We all know how frustrating some dentistry can be. Not all dental cases are simple and some can even become quite complicated. This can get even more complicated when trying to manage all of the other busy tasks necessary of general practice including preventative care, surgery, and internal medicine.
DVM, MPH, DACVPM
Practice Limited to Dentistry, Owner
Dedicated to veterinary oral health and preventive care
Dr. Jennifer Keaten grew up in Fryeburg, Maine and graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 2000. She studied biology at Saint Michael’s College in Burlington, VT and initially pursued a career in wildlife and environmental ecology. In 2006, Dr. Keaten was introduced to the world of veterinary medicine when she took a job at Fryeburg Veterinary Hospital. She was trained to be a veterinary technician and quickly fell in the love with the field. It was in these early stages that she developed her passion for veterinary dentistry and preventive medicine and was fortunate to work at a veterinary hospital that practiced progressive medicine and had digital dental x-rays earlier than most hospitals.
These are some of the services that Mainely Veterinary Dentistry offers.
Please contact us if you have questions about what we can do for you or your pet.
Dr. Keaten was very professional and insightful. She really helped us understand our dental x ray and taught us how to utilize our dental machine to its fullest potential. We learned what burs and elevators we should be using for extractions. She helped us create a dental Need, Want, and Wish list which we have used several times. The proper positioning techniques while taking radiographs was immensely helpful and our new knowledge has greatly improved our efficiency with dentals. I would highly recommend her and seek her services with my personal pets as well as patients.
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Dr. Keaten first saw my 15 year old Belgian Tervuren, Vrai, five days after his emergency clinic visit for extensive bleeding from his mouth. She diagnosed stage 4 periodontal disease and recommended full dental extraction. After researching current best practice protocols and comparing them with Dr. Keaten’s, I decided to proceed with surgery and am very glad I did.
I am so happy with the outcome as Vrai seems years younger. He is eating very well so he was obviously in pain before surgery and I did not realize how much. He is going for daily one mile walks and is awake and interactive much more than before.
He did well under anesthesia and recovered from it quickly. Dr. Keaten’s protocol was perfect for my old guy. He just had his 2 week post surgery visit and he has healed nicely. I was very nervous about anesthesia and surgery on a 15 year old dog but Dr. Keaten helped him sail through it and he feels so much better. Thank you!
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Bailey went in for an appointment to have her gums trimmed back a little because they hung a bit low over her teeth and we didn’t want any infection created. After x-rays were done on her mouth, Dr. Keaten discovered a large cyst in Bailey’s lower jaw. She had to have three teeth and the cyst removed. Then repair work to have it closed up. Her two week checkup looked good. Some redness still, which was to be expected.
At her six month follow up Dr. Keaten did more x-rays to see if the bone was filling in, and it was! Her work on Bailey’s mouth was great!
My experience with Dr. Keaten has been nothing short of amazing over the last 6 years. Not only does she do an amazing job, she truly cares her about patients.
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