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Periodontal Disease Pet Parent Advice

To help you understand Periodontal Disease and Your pet

By: Dr. Sandra Springer, VMD, May, 2011 aka Doc Truli

Based on a Dental Evaluation, Your Pet May Be Diagnosed With:

□ Periodontal Disease Grade 1

□ Perio Grade 2-3

□ Perio Grade 4

What are the benefits of treating Periodontal Disease for me and my pet?

• Treat pain.

• Cure infection.

• Decrease inflammation that feeds arthritis and ear pain and eye pain and other painful chronic conditions in the body.

• Prevent mouth bacteria from seeding on the skin and causing recurrent skin infections.

• Improve digestive efficiency.

• Decrease future pain and costs.

• Add 2-4 years to your pet’s expected lifespan.

• Sweeter kisses! Continue reading “Periodontal Disease Pet Parent Advice”

New Therapy to Save Teeth Without Surgery

“Dentists treat periodontal pockets all the time. In a human, the pocket might be a few millimeters deep… a dog could have a pocket that is 1/4-1/2 an inch, maybe 5 times the size of a human’s problem!”

Periodontal Filler Clindoral packaging
Clindoral Treats Periodontal Stage 2-3/4 Teeth

Clindoral Saves Teeth

The Problem With Pet Dentistry

Here’s the problem: your dog or cat or ferret has terrible breath.  You can see yellow-brown calculus clinging to the teeth.  You might even see bright red sore gum lines above the yellow tartar.  You feel guilty that you waited so long to take care of the problem.  You do not want your pet to loose any teeth.  You are not a fan of anesthesia.  Not for yourself, not for your children, not for your pet.

Did I get that all right?  Pretty close?  Yeah, I’m good like that.

So, up until now, your vet has put your pet under anesthesia, cleaned the teeth, and maybe pulled teeth that were hopelessly damaged.  That’s fairly standard.  News flash: There is no way around the anesthesia requirement for proper, effective tooth care in pets. Continue reading “New Therapy to Save Teeth Without Surgery”

The Down and Dirty of Pet Dental Disease

Grade 4 out of 4 Periodontal disease, and the tooth will have to be extracted; it cannot be salvaged.

Italian Greyhound
Doubtful Italian Greyhound

Many Pets Harbor Hidden Painful Periodontitis

Or, How an Italian Greyhound Ends up Needing 17 Teeth Extracted...

Periodontal Disease refers to problems with the bone, gums, tough little fantastic periodontal ligaments inside the sulcus (tooth socket), basically everything around the tooth itself.

Doc Truli fills us in,”A careful exam of each tooth and 6 points of the gingiva around each tooth, and dental radiographs (x-rays) reveal hidden periodontal disease. There is no other way to find out what is wrong with your pet’s teeth. This examination requires general anesthesia, every time, every pet.”

Continue reading “The Down and Dirty of Pet Dental Disease”