Tartar formation Part 2 - What the vet can do

Not only should people for their annual check-up visit a dentist - even the teeth of our office Tigers should be once a year by the vet checked. Just as in humans, even on the cat even with the best dental deposits on the teeth, which must be removed professionally. Whether a simple Abschabung of tartar remains insufficient or a complete dental restoration is needed depends on the general condition of the teeth. At least if the tartar completely overgrown teeth and severe inflammation has emerged, there is hardly pulling teeth to circumvent.

Plaque - and tartar removal

Manual tartar removal

With manual teeth cleaning is usually the first tartar using a so-called "scale" of the tooth surface. Common forms of tartar such a solid layer, which he handles with the right relatively easily be pushed away. Thinner rubbers with the scaler can also be abgeschabt. Have also below the gingival margin deposits formed, they must also be removed.

The advantage of the manual tartar removal is that they may even without anesthetic can be carried out. Even in animals, for which an anesthetic would be too burdensome (eg heart disease) is at least a superficial tooth cleaning. Moreover, it may be in the manual tartar removal, unlike the machine is not the destruction of tooth enamel and overheating of the dental pulp come. A disadvantage is certainly much higher in the time.

Machine tartar removal

For the mechanical cleaning teeth are several devices available that work by different mechanisms and the various advantages and disadvantages. Very commonly used ultrasound units are, however, extremely high temperatures (up to 360 ° C) and thereby achieve tooth enamel and can damage mark.

Another advantage is that the means of ultrasonic cleaning is faster than a manual tartar removal with the Scaler. However, when such a treatment actually always an anesthetic necessary.

Polish

After the removal of the tooth should be a polished stone is applied to the formation of tartar opposite effect.

Lavage

Remains of tartar and polishing should be treated with a lavage removed. This may be linked to water, saline solution, dilute chlorhexidine solution or fluoride solution.

Fluoridation

Flourid serves the remineralisation of teeth. It hardens the tooth surface, protects the tooth enamel, prevents plaque bacteria and reduces the sensitivity of the teeth. It will also prevent Feline Ondoklastische Resorptive lesions n (FORL) act.

Literature

Main sources

Katrin Elsbett (2004). Investigations into the influence of vitamin C and epigallocatechin gallate in combination with lactoferrin on the dental health of the cat. Inaugural dissertation for obtaining the veterinary doctorate of Veterinary Medicine Faculty of the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. Online at http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2786/1/Elsbett_Katrin.pdf

Sonja Gorissen (2004). The use of lactoferrin and Epigallocatechingallat in the prevention of periodontal diseases cat. Inaugural dissertation for obtaining the veterinary doctorate of Veterinary Medicine Faculty of the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. Online at http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2596/1/Gorissen_Sonja.pdf

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