It's About How to Take Care of Your Pet's Teeth and Mouth

It's About Howto Take Care of Your Pet's Teeth and Mouth - Pet owners often notice that their animals no longer eat properly. Generally, it is always assumed that the animal has a stomachache. This may be true, but teeth and jaw problems are more common than gastrointestinal infections. Inflamed gums cause pain and the animal can no longer eat.

These infections are usually related to dental plaque and tartar, which then develop in gum problems. The bacteria can settle very easily there. They cause the gum inflammation. The gums swell and redden dramatically. Untreated gums and tartar lead to deep periodontal pockets and bone loss in the periodontal compartment of the jaw. The classical periodontal disease arises. The tooth becomes loose and the pain is unbearable.

The animal, which previously received food that it could eat without feeling pain, is now completely exposed. Such problems are usually difficult to identify fin the early stages. However, there are also many internal diseases that cause gum reactions. Therefore, you should always consult a conscientious therapist and make sure that you detect the problem on time.

Tooth problems refer to decayed teeth. Different kinds of dental treatment for animals of all kinds have been tested in recent years, so it no longer necessary to remove the tooth right away. Now it can be treated like it is in humans. The treatments range from drilling and filling to fixing the root canals and crowns. Treatment is necessary because animals depend on an intact dentition. The disadvantage: the animal has to be put under anesthesia for all dental treatments.

Chewing problems may be caused by deformities of the jaws and teeth. These are often encountered, too. In this case, you can just remove the mature teeth and replace it with a fake one. Jaw abnormalities can be treated by fixed jaw treatment devices. However, your animal needs to be specially trained to use this "dental" doctor's advice.

In horses, for instance, dental care is generally necessary because of the extensive feeding from the trough in manufactured diets, so the natural chewing behavior changes (studies have shown that). The abrasion of the tooth surfaces is different, this also being known as hook formation. However, naturally, this occurs in older horses.

The tooth then protrudes, the sharp edges hurt when chewing and the horse can no longer eat properly. The pet owner should perform regular teeth checks, meant to identify any hooks, so that the animal is relieved from pain.

Rodents also have dental problems. In their case, they are caused by too much wear and tear because the teeth of rodents grow continuously for a lifetime. Rodents are therefore dependent on gnawing and crushing hard things with their teeth, so their teeth are constantly wearing down. This does not happen, for example, when the food is too soft (only green food) or the animal has a malocclusion, the teeth growing over each other and not fitting in the rodent mechanism, so these teeth continue to grow indefinitely and prevent the rodent from chewing properly.

They might grow in the opposite jaw. They can also cut their lips and cause other injuries in the animal's mouth. The rodents may die because they are no longer able to absorb food. Also, the back teeth of rodents can change. However, these then grow in width and lie down over the tongue like a bridge (so-called bridging). The animal cannot eat, not even with such teeth. The swallowing is also blocked. The only help is an attentive pet owner who can check the teeth at the first sign of eating reluctance.

The therapist can then use special tools to bring the teeth back to the natural length and width. Conscientious pet owners know that it is important to monitor the teeth and mouth of their animals from time to time, for the animals to have better conditions for the future. You can do more as pet owners. Note the feeding! Your pets, especially dogs, should not play with hard objects such as stones. Such things destroy the tooth, the enamel breaking off. There are toothpaste and chewing products for dogs, which provide a degree of tooth cleaning.

Particular attention should be paid to feeding in cats because these animals have kidney problems, teeth problems being accompanying symptoms. Prevention is always better than treatment when it comes to dental and mouth diseases.

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