Sentences with phrase «pockets under the gum»

Anything more than a 3 mm pocket under the gums in dogs, and 0.5 mm in cats, is significant.

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Mild build - up may be eliminated, but keep in mind that, although gum pockets and tartar accumulation under the gumline are common, a proper dental examination by your veterinarian should still be done.

Your tiny friend has periodontal disease at that point and if not taken care of will develop bone loss and build up nasty pockets of pus under the gum line.

Periodontal disease occurs under the gum line, so each tooth — 42 in the dog, and 30 in the cat — needs to be examined and probed for pockets in the gums; if your pet has any level of periodontal disease, this will be painful.

When the gums are swollen the calculus can build up under the gingiva and the bacteria proliferate even more in those pockets.

We use a periodontal probe to locate any periodontal pockets and tartar under the gum line.

During this procedure, the tartar and calculus on your dog's teeth is scraped completely away, and the roots under the gum line are probed for any open pockets of infection.

Periodontal therapy may include gingival flaps to clean tartar and debris under the gum line, excising exess gingival tissue to eliminate a pocket or placement of a periodontal antibiotic which promotes healing and reattachment of the gingiva to the tooth.

The result of this is various periodontal infections that can lead to the occurrence of abscesses (pockets of pus under the gums).

After cleaning, gum margins are examined for pockets, exposed roots or infection hidden under the gum - line and treated appropriately.

If we think the bone loss seen on the radiograph is manageable, and the gum pocket is not too large, we can place a long acting local antibiotic, called Clindoral ®, under the gumline.

Deep cleaning under the gum line with a curette, called root planing, to get at the bacteria and plaque in deep pockets

As the pocket worsens from the subgingival (under the gum) infection, it will cause the tooth to loosen and may even reach the root area and cause a root abscess.

Bacteria - laden plaque and tartar on the teeth can spread under the gums, causing them to separate from the teeth and form pockets where infection can readily breed.

One of the most important areas in an animal's mouth to clean is the sub-gingival pockets (under the gum line of all teeth.).

A: SANOS ® is designed to help keep the gingival sulcus or gingival pocket (under the gums) clean.

This involves gently probing under the gum line in several areas around each tooth in the mouth to measure periodontal pockets, or separation of the gums from the tooth root surface.

In general, a dental procedure involves an oral exam (checking for pockets, loose teeth, or other abnormalities in the mouth), scaling or scraping the tartar from the teeth and under the gums, and polishing the teeth.

When a dog goes under anesthesia his teeth can be evaluated carefully with a probe to measure pockets in the gum line and then x-rays can be taken to evaluate what can not be seen by the naked eye: that is, under the gum line.

Once stage 2 - 3 periodontal disease starts a professional cleaning is necessary for deep scaling under the gums into the subgingival pockets created from the periodontal disease.