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Stages of Dental Disease
STAGE 1: Dental Plaque Build Mild Tartar and Plaque Build up No gum damage or gingivitis Healthy Teeth Reversible Changes Home Dental Care options will help Will progress to Grade 2 dental disease in time if not managed early. STAGE 2 DENTAL DISEASE Moderate Tartar...
Common Queries and concerns regarding dental disease
Many owners have questions and concerns surrounding dental disease and how to provide the best dental care for their beloved pets. 1. Will home dental care will prevent my pet needing veterinary dental treatment? We recommend early, regular home dental hygiene...
Tooth Damage and Decay
Quite often teeth can become damaged and broken. In the image above the Carnassial tooth in this patient had developed a crack leading to a slab fracture of the outer part of the tooth. The tooth root had become infected, along with the surrounding gum Slab fractures...
Periodontal Disease – Gingivitis (Gum infection), Gum Recession and Tooth root decay.
Early dental disease with tartar build up will always progress over a period of time to cause damage to the gum. This is called Periodontal disease which effects the gum surrounding each tooth. What can be more alarming is that bacteria that infect gums can also...
Home Dental Care
A healthy mouth is vitally important for your pets comfort and general health and making sure their teeth and gums are healthy starts at home. This can be a simple as inspecting your pets mouth, gums and teeth regularly at home, and arranging a dental check if you...
Nail trims
Nail trims are a common procedure carried out at Vet clinics, at Groomers, or at home. Do the nails really need a trim? There are several reasons for owners wanting their pets nails trimmed, but in some cases the nails do not need to be trimmed at all. Overgrown...
Chronic ear problems
Whilst any dog can potentially suffer from an ear infection, some pets are unlucky enough to experience ear troubles throughout their life. Recurrent ear infections can be understandably frustrating for both pet and owner, and it important to understand why it keeps...
Nasal Foreign Bodies
Nasal foreign bodies are generally things that can be snorted or sniffed into the nasal passage, or worse, into the lungs Some of the object that we have removed from the nasal passages of pets include Blades of grass Grass seeds Chip Bark Treats Corn Kernel The...
Skin Foreign Body Abscess
Cutaneous (in the skin), or subcutaneous (under the skin) foreign bodies are things that can poke through the skin and include; Grass seeds Splinters Thorns Pieces of glass A bee stinger. Most commonly skin foreign bodies occur in the foot as a pet may step on it. But...
Intestinal Foreign Body Obstructions
Gastrointestinal foreign bodies are things that pets swallow that they should. Or things that are too big to digest such as bones. Generally the ingested object becomes stuck and cannot pass out on its own, leading to a gastrointestinal obstruction. Sometimes the pet...
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