Oct 1, 2006
By:
Daniel T. Carmichael, DVM, DAVDC
Patients with periodontal disease, the most common disease in dogs, suffer from progressive inflammation and destruction of the tissues supporting the teeth.
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Feb 1, 2006
By:
Daniel T. Carmichael, DVM, DAVDC
Feline gingivostomatitis is probably the most frustrating oral disease seen in veterinary practice. Cats with this chronic, painful inflammatory disease can be severely compromised, and medical treatment can cause adverse effects.
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Jul 1, 2005
By:
Daniel T. Carmichael, DVM, DAVDC
In May, I explained how to perform a nonsurgical extraction on single-rooted teeth including the incisors, first premolars, deciduous canines, and mandibular third molars. A surgical approach is indicated to extract canines, certain large incisors, and multirooted teeth and to retrieve root tips.
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May 1, 2005
By:
Daniel T. Carmichael, DVM, DAVDC
A dental extraction should be considered an end-stage procedure. When teeth are salvageable, we can go to great lengths to avoid extraction. Unfortunately, in many cases extraction is advisable and necessary.
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Feb 1, 2005
By:
Daniel T. Carmichael, DVM, DAVDC
Tooth resorption is the most common dental problem in cats, with studies worldwide showing a prevalence rate (in cats presented for dental problems) of up to 75%.
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Dec 1, 2004
By:
Daniel T. Carmichael, DVM, DAVDC
Chronic ulcerative paradental stomatitis (CUPS) is a painful condition in dogs that is also known as ulcerative stomatitis, idiopathic stomatitis, and lymphocytic-plasmacytic stomatitis.
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Sep 1, 2004
By:
Daniel T. Carmichael, DVM, DAVDC
Local anesthesia and regional anesthetic nerve blocks have been used for decades in human dentistry, but incorporating intraoral regional anesthetic blocks into veterinary dental and oral surgical procedures did not gain acceptance until the mid-1990s.
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