If the owner does not pay attention to the hygiene of the cat’s mouth, it is very easy to cause dental and oral problems, such as gingivitis, periodontitis, stomatitis and other diseases, and dental calculus is also a disease that cats are susceptible to.
The normal color of cat teeth is pure white. When we check that cat teeth start to turn yellow, it is necessary to pay attention to the problem of dental calculus.
Frequently feeding cats soft food can easily leave a lot of food debris and bacteria on the teeth, and most cats over 2 years old suffer from dental Calculus,
and mostly occurs in cats that eat soft foods with high water content,
and when cats are 5 or 8 years old, they have dental calculus more age groups.
A cat’s teeth are usually plaque-first — a soft, clear, or milky-white attachment on the surface of the teeth,
as long as Nails can be scraped off with a light rub; if plaque isn’t removed, minerals in saliva can turn plaque into calculus.
Cats suffer from dental calculus, which affects eating, digestion and absorption, making them thin and less resistant.
Most calculus in cats occurs on the premolars, focusing on the upper premolars, but the posterior molars, canines, and incisors occur less likely.
There are no unusual behaviors or eating habits at the onset of cat calculus, but if you open your cat’s oral exam, you can see a layer of beige stone on the upper premolars or other teeth.
With the gradual increase of dental calculus, it will cause gum damage and periodontitis.
When cats eat food, their food intake will be reduced. Reduced, unwilling to eat hard food, even falling out when eating food, bad breath, etc.
At this time, open the cat’s mouth, you will find that the premolars have different sizes of dental calculus, the gums around the gums are red and a little swollen, and the teeth with severe calculus will appear to varying degrees. of loosening.
If you have cats with a lot of dental calculus, a better way is to wash your teeth.
Tooth cleaning requires general anesthesia for cats, and care should be taken accordingly. At present, many hospitals have ultrasonic scaling machines, and scaling technology is no longer a problem.
Nowadays, ultrasonic vibration scaler is generally used for tooth cleaning. When cleaning teeth, it also sprays water to cool down and clean. Therefore, when cleaning teeth, it is necessary to avoid water inhalation into the lungs and cause heterogeneous pneumonia.
Generally, veterinarians will notice this. If your cat has severe calculus, it will have bad teeth and loose teeth.
For this kind of tooth, the owner should not feel distressed and palliative, but pull out the bad tooth to avoid infection of other oral diseases.
So how do you prevent dental stones?
1. When the cat is a child, it is necessary to develop the habit of checking the mouth and brushing the teeth.
The pet store has animal toothpaste and toothbrushes, never use human toothpaste and toothbrushes.
2. Feed cats special cat food.
We must develop the habit of feeding cats cat food from a young age, which can not only prevent dental calculus, but also prevent the occurrence of other diseases.
Because many owners are afraid of adding some additives to cat food on the market, they choose homemade cat food or feed cats human food, but this will lead to malnutrition in cats and cause various diseases,
3. If you can’t buy a toothbrush and toothpaste for cats, or if your cat has not used a toothbrush and toothpaste with strong drug resistance.
There is another way to get your cat teeth cleaned:
Wrap your fingers with medical gauze, Gently wipe the teeth with tea or light salt water, especially to clean the upper premolars, and the rubbing of gauze can also easily remove tooth dirt.
