I was told last week during a routine checkup that my cat had a badly infected tooth and that it might have to be extracted. The vet put him on antibiotics and pain meds for a week, and then I brought him back today for a recheck. The vet said that his tooth looks much better and that his infection is clearing up, but she still wants to schedule a tooth extraction in a couple of weeks anyway because the infection might “reoccur”. Huh? If the antibiotics are clearing up the infection, why does the tooth need to be pulled? Is this really a necessary procedure, or will I just be putting my cat through a painful $600 (ish) procedure for no reason? How does she know the infection will reoccur? Is she just trying to make money? I am a little suspicious because the patient ahead of my cat (a dog) had just had the same procedure done. This seems to be something she does a lot. I really don’t know what to do. I want what’s best for my cat, but I don’t know if he needs this procedure. Has anyone else had a cat who needed to have a tooth extracted or a cat whose tooth got better with only antibiotics?