As far as her having a dental cleaning, I think it all boils down to...
Me not having 100% confidence in ..."her mouth doesn't look too bad."
Cats hiding pain.
Lola's mouth being a MESS before.
Lola's personality change.
Losing two... with one death that likely could have been prevented. Both being in, who knows how much pain, and me not knowing it.
He was pretty concentrated on the possible reason for her behavioral changes, and suggested some other less expensive options first. Some seemed off the wall to me. Others seemed like we would be just jerking around.
My thought, and you all can certainly chime in... why jerk around...go for the likely problem first. On the other hand, I don't want to put Lola through something unnecessarily. I know I am over-thinking everything... I am pretty sure.
When I took my skin kids to the dentist, they either needed work or they didn't. There was no decision to be made.