In addition, 65 percent of dogs with stage one
periodontal disease often go untreated.
Dogs and cats with advanced
periodontal disease often require oral surgery to extract many teeth.
The chronic low - grade infections that accompany
periodontal disease often spread to other parts of the body, especially the bladder, kidneys, and heart valves.
Tartar, gingivitis and
periodontal disease often can be painful and affect the whole body.
Pets with developing gingivitis and
periodontal diseases often paw at their face or mouth frequently, have excessive drool, and may exhibit an unwillingness to eat harder foods.
Not exact matches
Very
often, bad breath is the only sign of
periodontal disease in dogs — that is, until it reaches a stage where it is a serious health concern.
Pet owners
often joke about their dog's or cat's bad breath, but that's
often a key indicator of
periodontal disease.
Unfortunately, there are
often no visible signs of
periodontal disease until there is so much damage beneath the gum - line that the pet
often has bone loss and loses teeth.
Often, I also see gingivitis, a thin, red stripe on the gum line that indicates inflammation or irritation on the gums, and other signs of
periodontal disease, including loose teeth and drooling.
This is why professional dental cleaning and
periodontal therapy
often come too late to prevent extensive
disease or to save teeth.
Smaller dogs have crowded teeth with little space between teeth, and
often have more severe plaque accumulation and
periodontal disease.
Dental and
periodontal disease in cats is common,
often painful, and usually without overt symptoms.
Animals who have recently had a full dental cleaning or young pets with early signs of
periodontal disease are
often excellent candidates.
An easy to follow oral care routine can reduce the likelihood of
periodontal disease, discomfort for your dog and costly teeth cleaning visits to the vet, which
often require general anesthetic.
We
often find many problems (such as broken teeth, poorly positioned teeth,
periodontal disease and tooth resorption) that we were not able to see in the awake patient.
Unfortunately, other than bad breath, there are few signs of
periodontal disease in dogs evident to dog owners and professional diagnosis
often comes too late to prevent extensive damage.
At the point
periodontal disease has developed, that treatment will require not only anesthesia, but
often extensive surgery and teeth extractions.
Damage that occurs when
periodontal disease is present
often requires extensive treatment and extractions, which will also require anesthesia to treat.
Greyhounds
often have severe
periodontal disease.
In addition, regular physical examination
often reveals early warning signs of
disease that may not be so easily detected at home, such as heart murmurs, abdominal growths, organ or lymph node enlargement, cataracts, glaucoma and
periodontal disease.
This is a fairly common approach to persistent
periodontal disease in dogs so there is a lot of evidence to suggest it doesn't cause problems very
often.
As is the case in man, when the teeth are close together they
often trap food particles that can result in significant
periodontal disease if they are not removed.
The accumulation of tartar along the gum line can and
often does result in gum recession which leads to
periodontal disease and eventual tooth loss.
This is
often performed when advanced
periodontal disease has left your dog or cat's tooth unstable due to loss of bone or other supporting structures.
Small dog breeds are more likely to develop
periodontal disease than large dogs because the teeth of small dogs are
often too large for their mouths, according to veterinary dentistry experts.
«Most
often, pets don't show signs of
periodontal disease», explains Dugas.
But even though they don't show us much in the way of outward symptoms, chronic dental /
periodontal disease can cause severe and
often irreversible damage to internal organs.
This is the beginning of
periodontal disease and is
often evident before the permanent teeth have even erupted.
Gum
disease, also called
periodontal disease, happens five times more
often in dogs than in people, says Colleen O'Morrow, DVM, a veterinary dentist in Manitoba, Canada, and fellow of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry.
Unfortunately, other than bad breath, there are few signs of the
disease process evident to the owner, and professional dental cleaning and
periodontal therapy
often comes too late to prevent extensive
disease or to save teeth.
Unfortunately, there are
often no visible signs of
periodontal disease until there is so much damage beneath the gum - line that the pet
often has pain, bone loss and tooth loss.
Even though pets don't
often get cavities, they are susceptible to
periodontal or gum
disease, which is the number one illness found in both dogs and cats.