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ReviewJournal of feline medicine and surgery2015

Periodontal disease in cats: back to basics--with an eye on the future.

Rachel Perry, Cedric Tutt

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Review in Journal of feline medicine and surgery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Dental Pain in Cats: A Prospective 6-Month Study.Journal of veterinary dentistry · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rachel PerryPerrydental Vet Ltd, Grove Lodge Veterinary Hospital, Upper Brighton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 9DL, UK oralvet@googlemail.com.
Cedric TuttCape Animal Dentistry Service, 78 Rosmead Avenue, Kenilworth, 7708, Cape Town, South Africa.
Worthing Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

practical relevancePeriodontal disease is commonly encountered in feline practice. Gingivitis, followed by inflammation of the rest of the periodontal tissues, can lead to chronic oral infection, bacteraemia, pain and ultimately tooth loss. Given adequate plaque control and thorough, consistent dental home care, gingivitis is a reversible and controllable condition. Periodontitis, however, is an essentially irreversible and progressive condition. Treatment aims to control tissue inflammation, returning the gingiva to clinical health and preventing destruction of the periodontium in other parts of the mouth. CLINICAL CHALLENGES: Diagnosis must be established using a combination of oral examination under anaesthesia and dental radiography. Periodontitis leads to tooth attachment loss, and given the short length of most cat teeth, probing depths of 1 mm or more should alert the clinician to the presence of periodontitis. The decision of whether to extract or preserve affected teeth needs careful consideration. In practice, as periodontitis is often associated with type 1 tooth resorption, extraction is often required, but the slender and delicate nature of feline tooth roots, compounded by the destructive nature of tooth resorption, can frustrate extraction attempts. As highlighted in this article, iatrogenic damage to teeth is also a real risk if periodontal therapy procedures (including scaling and polishing) are not performed carefully. The challenges of providing home care in the cat are additionally discussed. EVIDENCE BASE: The authors have drawn upon, wherever possible, an evidence base relating strictly to the feline patient. Where there is a lack of published research, evidence from canine and human studies is assessed.

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AnimalsCat DiseasesCatsDental PlaqueDental ProphylaxisDisease ProgressionGingivitisPeriodontal DiseasesPeriodontitisPrognosis

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PMID25527493
PMCPMC11383102
OpenAlexW2087042875

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