Dogs usually smell a little dog food in their mouths, and cats have a little fishy smell in their mouths, which is generally not particularly strong. The teeth are white or light yellow, the gums are pink, the barbs on the cat's tongue are intact, there is no ulcer in the tongue and mouth, and there is no damage to the mucosa around the lips.
Preventive oral health care
As a preventive measure, animals don't brush their teeth every day like people, so we should help them take care of their mouths.
Brush your teeth: brushing your teeth regularly can effectively reduce the occurrence of oral diseases, and you can also find out whether there are diseases in your mouth in time.
Before brushing your teeth, you need to choose a suitable toothbrush, such as gauze, finger-covered toothbrush, children's toothbrush, special toothbrush for pets, etc. According to the size of your mouth and the degree of cooperation between cats and dogs; Then prepare a special toothpaste for pets and you can start.
First, lure cats and dogs with food such as nutritional cream, then let them smell the toothpaste and put it on their mouths to taste it, so as to calm the cat's mood when it feels uncomfortable. Start brushing your teeth at the place where you need to clean with a finger cuff, let the cat adapt to this action, and give food rewards when you perform well; Finally, brush your teeth with toothpaste and give a small amount of snacks after you finish. The whole process is gradual. When animals resist too much, they will stop appeasing and continue after easing.
Drinking water for cleaning teeth: adding a certain amount of mouthwash to drinking water can help dogs and cats to carry out daily oral care, fresh breath and tooth cleaning care.
Toothstick or tooth powder
Dogs can use dental scalers and need to choose better quality products; Cats can choose to eat dental cleaning powder, and add proper amount of dental cleaning powder to dry food to help cats remove bad breath, soften tartar and calculus, and inhibit the formation of dental plaque.
03 Abnormal dentistry
Dental calculus: dental plaque combines with calcium in saliva to form dental calculus. Dental calculus is particularly easy to form around salivary molars. Although dental plaque can be removed by brushing teeth, once dental calculus is formed, it cannot be removed simply.
Gingivitis and periodontitis: There are a lot of bacteria in dental plaque and calculus, which may cause gingivitis and periodontitis. Gingivitis is the initial stage of periodontitis. Bacteria and tartar adhere to the teeth, leading to redness and inflammation of the gums, and even gingival atrophy. Periodontitis is a late periodontal disease, and the bacteria spreading under the gum may gradually cause deep tissue damage (gum damage, periodontal ligament damage, alveolar bone damage supporting teeth). Gingival atrophy can lead to serious accumulation of food and dental calculus, destruction of periodontal supporting tissues, exposure of root, and even tooth loss.
04 therapeutic oral health care
Dental calculus: the eradication method is to wash teeth and remove dental calculus through surgery. Pay more attention to oral health care and brush your teeth on time after washing your teeth. These methods refer to the preventive health care part.
Gingivitis or periodontitis: the treatment method is to find out the cause and treat the symptoms according to the cause, such as stomatitis in cats, oral fistula in dogs and facial fistula. This requires special treatment, control the development of the disease, and then daily care. Family care can use oral sprays such as Kelu and Runchong after daily tooth washing, which can effectively control the number of oral pathogens and provide the best environment for oral mucosal repair. Other nursing methods refer to preventive health care, so as to alleviate the pain and diseases of animals.