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Understanding Cat Malocclusion (Overbite and Underbite)
Cats with malocclusion are far from rare, and because of their looks they're often unloved, even ending up stray. Today we discuss feline malocclusion.
How to Prevent Periodontitis in Cats
If a cat's teeth develop problems like tartar or periodontitis, it causes pain, bad breath, and seriously affects eating and daily life. Owners must provide dental care to prevent oral disease. Here we share some ways to prevent feline dental problems.
How Does Dog Periodontitis Form?
Periodontitis is a chronic inflammation of the periodontal tissues. Early canine periodontitis is easy to overlook; it is usually only noticed after the inflammation spreads from the gums to the periodontal ligament and alveolar bone and develops into severe periodontitis. The condition has a formation process, and early detection and treatment are important. Read on to understand how it develops.
Signs of Periodontitis in Dogs
Unlike us, dogs are not brushed every day—often just twice a week, and some owners never brush their dog's teeth at all. This easily leads to oral diseases such as periodontitis. You may not know much about it, so let us take a closer look at periodontitis in dogs.
My dog has very bad breath – what medicine?
Bad breath may come from no brushing, retained baby teeth, or poor digestion; find the cause. Check the mouth; bloody drool with low energy suggests ulcers - use antibiotics and oral spray.
What happens if a Golden Retriever puppy eats too little?
Eating too little can lead to malnutrition and affect normal development, possibly causing a weak constitution, retained baby teeth, skeletal deformities and anemia. Increase the feeding amount appropriately if the puppy seems hungry.
How to Get Your Cat to Enjoy Tooth Brushing
Cats need daily dental care, and the habit is best built young—kittens get 26 baby teeth, adults 30, with eruption and exchange from 3 to 8 months. Brushing fights bad breath and prevents tartar, yellowing, gum redness, and periodontal disease that can loosen teeth early. Brush with cat toothpaste in small circles, including the inner surfaces. Win cooperation with food association (a rare treat like nutritional paste only at brush time) and a step-by-step approach—first just touch the teeth, then water, then paste—and always stop if the cat resists.
Hyperparathyroidism in Dogs and Cats
Hyperparathyroidism is excess parathyroid hormone from a tumor or dietary imbalance that disrupts calcium-phosphorus balance, causing poor appetite, vomiting, weakness, and urinary stones or kidney failure. Treatment targets the cause and corrects calcium.
Pituitary Insufficiency (Pituitary Dwarfism) in Dogs and Cats
Pituitary insufficiency is an inherited failure of one or more pituitary hormones that slows growth and causes symmetric hair loss and delayed bone maturation, most often in German Shepherd puppies. Lifelong hormone replacement is the mainstay of treatment.
Do Dogs Ever Need Braces?
Malocclusion in dogs usually comes from genetics or retained baby teeth, and only needs correction when it stops normal eating, traps plaque, or injures the mouth. Most cases are harmless and need nothing more than good dental care—though show dogs may be docked points for an off bite.
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