Sentences with phrase «gingival disease»

In general, by four years of age, most cats have developed some dental or gingival disease that will require veterinary intervention.

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Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease in the tooth supporting tissues, which appears as gingival bleeding, increased tooth mobility and deepened periodontal pockets.

In gum disease, your gingival crevices are chronically inflamed.

This disease can progress to deep pockets in the gingival sulcus of the teeth, leading to loss of the surrounding bone, and, ultimately, loss of teeth caused by the infection.

Common signs of periodontal disease are malodor (stinky breath), pawing at the face, rubbing the face on the carpet or door jams, inflamed and reddened gingival margins, bleeding from the mouth, food falling out of the mouth with a whimpering sound, or not eating at all and weight loss.

Our veterinarians provide dental services including routine cleaning and polishing (dental prophylaxis), digital dental x-rays, gingival planing and surgical extractions to manage and treat severe oral disease conditions.

Dr. Sitzman has decades of experience treating gingivitis, tooth resorption, gingival hyperplasia, enamal hypoplasia, stomatitis, and other dental disease and trauma.

At Animal Dental Care & Oral Surgery we are experts in treatment and prevention of periodontal disease by comprehensive anesthetized dental scaling, polishing, root planing, gingival surgery and guided tissue regeneration.

As dental disease progresses, we notice the gingival tissue pulling away from the tooth, and tartar building up.

Skin allergies or any disease that can cause the pet to chew its hair can cause impaction of the hair into the gingival sulcus and cause infection and damage.

Most animals respond to periodontal disease with receding gums, however, dogs with gingival hyperplasia have gum tissue that proliferates in response to inflammation.

Gingival hyperplasia may also be associated with the use of calcium channel blockers (used to treat cardiovascular disease) and phenytoin derivatives (used to control seizures), though these medications are used far less frequently than cyclosporine in veterinary patients.

Left untreated, this leads to periodontal disease whic causes the loss of the bone and gingival support structure of the tooth an subsequent tooth loss.

Most extractions are performed using a «gingival flap» technique which allows for better exposure of the diseased tooth, and a more functional, more quickly healing extraction site.

Conducting a thorough examination of the teeth and oral cavity to detect any dental disease and gingival pockets that may be hidden by the tartar, as well as any masses or abnormalities that may be occurring in your cat's mouth or throat.

During this procedure, once your dog is sedated, our veterinarians are able to conduct a more thorough exam including visualizing the entire oral cavity and throat area, probing gingival pockets to assess periodontal disease and dental x-rays.

At stage 3, there may be gingival recession, but the effects of periodontal disease may still be reversible.

Gingival surgery - including tumor removal and removal of excessive gum tissue secondary to periodontal disease

As in humans, the presence of bacteria causes bad breath (bacteria stinks), and the accumulation of tartar causes irritation and inflammation to the gums around the dog's teeth (gingivitis, under the form of red, swollen gums), which in turn may lead to periodontal disease (the loss of the connective tissue fibers, ligaments and bone surrounding the teeth and responsible for supporting them) and eventually tooth loss due to gradual loss of supporting structure — see photo, something known as gingival recession.

In the gingival stage, the disease is reversible by consistent, daily brushing to prevent plaque from hardening.