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| Good dental hygiene is important to maintaining your pet's health. Bad teeth can not only cause bad breath, they can lead to periodontal disease. This can be a threat to your pet if bacteria builds up and enters the bloodstream, leading to lung, kidney, liver or heart problems. | |||
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| Routine maintenance by brushing is very important to ward off these potential problems. However, brushing alone can not get beneath the gums to attack the potentially harmful bacteria. The Sun Valley Animal Center offers routine dental cleaning and polishing to help keep your pet's teeth healthy. | |||
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| A new product called ProVseal is now used on our dental patients and benefits them in two ways. This gel is applied following dental procedures to soothe the gums and add comfort after the procedure. It also serves as a barrier against further tarter build-up. Pet owners are given a take-home kit to continue the applications after brushing their pet's teeth. | |||
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| Shown here are some common problems associated with poor dental care. Sun Valley Animal Center's protocol for pain management is utilitized in dental procedures. Oral blocks are used for all oral surgeries including extractions, tumor removal, etc. |
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| Oral x-rays are used to help diagnose diseases of the mouth in both cats and dogs. | |||
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| Epulis (Pre and Post) Both canines and felines have oral tumors, some benign and some malignant. When oral tumors are found they should be removed and biopsied to determine whether or not they are malignant. | |||
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| Retained canine and feline baby teeth can cause periodontal disease and malocclusion, or abnormal bite. Extraction of the retained teeth will help prevent both of these problems. | |||
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| Extraction also is the treatment for severe periodontal disease causing gum recession and bone loss. | |||
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| Feline stomatitis, or inflamed mouth causes excessive drooling, weight loss, anorexia and pain. Treatment is extraction of the diseased teeth, gels, and rinses are applied and antibiotics are prescribed. Chronic cases should be treated with steriods coupled with antibiotics. Cases that still show little improvement or remission become candidates for extraction of all premolars and molars. | |||
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| A freshly fractured vital canine tooth, (within 12 to 24 hours) can be protected by pulp capping. Post pulp capping shown in bottom photo. | |||
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| Cats as well as dogs can suffer from fractured teeth. | |||
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| A canine tooth showing an older fracture which will need a root canal. | |||
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| In some cases gold crowns are put on following a root canal procedure. The crowns help to protect the teeth. | |||
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| A shattered pre-molar which needs extraction. | |||
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| Upper fourth pre-molar showing a crown tip fracture. A root canal will prevent abscess and pain | |||
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| Teeth left untreated can become abscessed. | |||
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| Feline cervical neckline lesion or cavity involving the nerve system or pulp chamber of the tooth is very painful. It will be necessary to extract the tooth. | |||
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| Sixty percent of felines will suffer from cervical line lesions or cavities, such as the one shown here. | |||
