Sentences with phrase «tissue around the tooth»

When plaque and tartar spread under the gum line, it can start to damage to the supporting tissues around the tooth and eventually lead to tooth loss.

Periodontal disease refers to a range of conditions, including gingivitis (inflammation of the gums) and periodontitis (loss of bone and soft tissue around the teeth).

Periodontal disease results in inflammation and destruction of the tissues around the tooth.

According to the American Veterinary Dental College, periodontal disease includes inflammation of gums, or gingivitis, and infection in bone and tissues around the teeth.

Periodontal disease is a progressive disease of the tissue around the teeth and it can cause early tooth loss in your pet.

Additionally, periodontal disease may lead to holes from the mouth to the nasal passages, damage to the tissues around the teeth, heart problems, and kidney failure.

Eventually, it will irritate the gums and destroy the tissue around the teeth.

Initially, the gingivitis is mild and localized, but it may progress in some kittens to very severe inflammation with bleeding of the tissues around the teeth.

Pets are prone to the same dental problems as humans: gingivitis (gum inflammation), periodontitis (a disease of the oral cavity that affects the gum, bone and tissues around the teeth), pyorrhea (an inflammation of the gum and tooth socket that leads to loose teeth and pus); and plaque, which is a build - up of materials on the tooth enamel that can cause cavities and more serious periodontal disease.

The bacteria secrete toxins and cause damage to the supporting tissues around the tooth, creating a pocket around the tooth.

Not only do they produce bad breath, but they also responsible for continued destruction of the bone and tissue around the tooth.

Periodontal diseases include inflammation of the gums (gingivitis) and the loss of bone and soft tissue around the teeth (periodontitis).

Sometimes breeders use rubber bands to move teeth but they compromise the gum tissue around teeth, leading to periodontal disease, pain, and early tooth loss.

If infection is noted in the tissue around the teeth, antibiotics may be prescribed.

The plaque and tartar irritate the tissues around the tooth and its root.

Not exact matches

Many times, slightly mobile (loose) teeth can be saved by doing surgical soft tissue flaps and artificial bone placement around the tooth.

If left untreated — which happens way too often — it can damage the gum tissue and bone around teeth, resulting in serious infection and tooth loss.

Indications that your pet might be in need of dental care would include the presence of a red stripe along the gum line, unpleasant odor from the mouth, reluctance to chew, change in chewing behaviors, inability to see the teeth due to calculus accumulation, reluctance to allow home care, broken teeth, discolored teeth, loose teeth, draining or swelling around the face or jaw, decreased appetite, swellings or enlargements of the oral tissues, difficulty in swallowing, rubbing the face with a paw (sometimes resulting in eye irritation), rubbing the face on the carpet, and other signs as well.

In the mouth, periodontal disease causes damage to gum tissue and bone around the teeth, leading to loss of these tissues.

Bad breath, medically known as «halitosis,» results from the bacterial infection of the gums (gingiva) and supporting tissues seen with periodontal disease (periodontal = occurring around a tooth).

Peri (around) the dontal (tooth) is the tissue that holds the tooth in its bony socket.

Bacteria and food debris accumulate around the teeth and, if left unchecked, will lead to deterioration of the soft tissue and bone surrounding the teeth.

As plaque builds up on the teeth and around the gums, bacteria can irritate gum tissue and can lead to infection.

Bacteria then move under the gum tissue and cause loss of bone around the tooth.

This is recommended because bacteria and food debris accumulates around a pet's teeth and, if left unchecked, will lead to deterioration of the soft tissue and bone surrounding the teeth.

A quick glance of your dogs teeth at home may reveal the presence of obvious tartar accumulation, moveable or missing teeth, pus around the gum line or swollen gum tissue.

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.

Pets with poor dental hygiene are also at greater risk for: jaw fractures, bone infection, tissue / bone loss around the teeth, and nasal fistulas (a hole leading from the oral cavity to the nasal cavity).

According to Jennifer Rawlinson, DVM, chief of the dentistry and oral surgery section at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, «The immune system becomes overly reactive to plaque and causes severe inflammation in the gingiva, initially around an affected tooth and then quickly progressing to the tissue in the surrounding area.