Teeth cleaning and coat add-ons in Worthing: what's published beyond the basic groom
A standard full groom covers a bath, dry and cut. A handful of Worthing's eighteen listed groomers go further, naming a specific teeth-cleaning or deshedding treatment as a separate service rather than folding it into the general groom.
Teeth cleaning
Molly & Friends Dog Hotel in Broadwater publishes the fullest teeth-cleaning price list in this directory: ultrasonic teeth cleaning from £40 for a first session (£60 for a large dog), with follow-up sessions from £20 to £25. The business, run by Sally-Anne Hall and licensed by Worthing Borough Council, won Dog Boarding & Grooming Company of the Year 2024/25 at the South England Prestige Awards; boarding was full at the time of checking, but grooming and teeth cleaning are still offered. Scruff to Buff Dog Grooming, a home-based salon in Steyning run by Vanessa, offers Emmi Pet ultrasonic teeth cleaning as a course of ten sessions; no price is published, so ask when you call.
Deshedding and matting treatments
Katie's Dog Grooming in Durrington lists a bath-and-deshed service alongside its full groom and puppy welcome groom. Tidal Tails Dog Grooming, based in the Wick area of Littlehampton and run by pet stylist Laura and a second groomer with a further decade of combined experience between them, offers a mineral-mud deshedding treatment on top of its standard full groom, bath and mini-groom options. Fresh Paws Dog Grooming, the mobile van-based service covering much of the wider Worthing area, is the only business in this directory to publish an exact matting fee: £10, alongside separately priced flea treatment (£10) and tick removal (£3).
Why these sit outside the standard groom
A mineral-mud deshed treatment or an ultrasonic teeth clean both take measurably longer than the equivalent step folded into a routine groom, which is why groomers who offer them price or package them apart. Fresh Paws' itemised approach, breaking out a matting fee, flea treatment and tick removal separately from its groom prices, is the most transparent in this directory and gives a useful sense of what these add-ons cost when a business does publish figures rather than quoting on the day. Shedding and matting both tend to peak around the spring and autumn coat-blow, so a dog that sails through winter without needing a deshed treatment may still need one booked ahead of those seasons.
What to ask when you book
- Whether a deshed treatment is included once you've booked a full groom, or charged as an extra on top — Fresh Paws' published £10 matting fee is the only fixed figure to compare against.
- Whether teeth cleaning is an ultrasonic system, like Molly & Friends' or Scruff to Buff's Emmi Pet, or a manual scale, since the methods and time involved differ.
- How many sessions a course like Scruff to Buff's ten-session teeth-cleaning plan actually takes to complete, and over what period.
- Whether the treatment is suitable for your dog's age and coat condition — a heavily matted coat may need clipping short first, before a deshed treatment can do much good.
For the full published price list across Worthing's groomers, see the Worthing dog grooming prices guide, or browse every business on the Worthing town page.