• Routine preventative dental care is essential to prevent dental and oral health problems in cats. However, some types of dental disease are really difficult to diagnose and treat. With more than 400 high-quality images, clear anatomical illustrations, and thorough descriptions, this new volume on veterinary dentistry focused exclusively in cats aims at being a visual guide for quick visual identification and prompt diagnosis and treatment of oral and dental problems in this domestic species.

  • 1.Introduction
    Dental positional terminology
    Histological tooth structure in canines and felines
    Diagram of dog and cat dentition
    Example of periodontal probing
    Periodontal disease classification (AVDC, 2007)
    Classification of plaque and dental calculus index (Logan & Boyce, 1994)
    Gingival index (Wolf et al., 2005)
    Stages of mobility (AVDC, 2007)
    Classification of furcation involvement/exposure (AVDC, 2007)
    Dental fracture classification (AVDC, 2007)
    Endo-periodontal lesions
    Classification of tooth resorption (based on the severity of the resorption) (AVDC, 2007)

    2. Oral and dental pathologies in cats

    Physiological oral cavity and dental radiology
    Permanent teeth
    Deciduous teeth
    Dental radiographic views for cats
    Occlusion and malocclusion
    Occlusion
    Incisor area
    Premolar and molar area
    Canine area
    Malocclusion
    Dental crowding
    Dental absence
    Mandibular distocclusion (class 2 malocclusion)
    Maxillomandibular asymmetry (class 4 malocclusion)
    Mandibular mesiocclusion (class 3 malocclusion)
    Dental deviation
    Distal deviation
    Open bite
    Persistent tooth
    Dental rotation
    Maxillomandibular asymmetry in a side-to-side direction
    Systemic pathologies and their consequences in the oral cavity
    Leukaemia and feline immunodeficiency (FeLV, FIV)
    Pathologies of the oral cavity
    Neoplasms
    Squamous cell carcinoma
    Fibrosarcoma
    Metabolic, iatrogenic and other aetiologies
    Eosinophilic granuloma
    Lentigo
    Traumatic aetiology
    Soft-tissue lesions. Foreign body
    Soft-tissue lesions. Tongue lesions
    Soft-tissue lesions. Lesions from occlusion/malocclusion
    Soft-tissue lesions. Electric cord burn
    Soft-tissue lesions. External trauma
    Hard-tissue lesions. Fractures - trauma to the temporomandibular joint area - miscellaneous
    Hard-tissue lesions. Mandibular fractures
    Hard-tissue lesions. Maxillary fractures
    Bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic origin
    Cryptococcosis
    Candidiasis
    Periodontal disease
    Feline gingivostomatitis
    Osteomyelitis in the oral cavity
    Dental pathologies
    Abnormal dental development and eruption
    Dental agenesis
    Impacted teeth
    Gemination
    Hyperdontia (supernumerary teeth)
    Dental absence
    Dental discolouration
    Dental fracture
    Enamel fracture
    Uncomplicated crown fracture
    Complicated crown fracture
    Complicated crown-root fracture
    Root fracture
    Tooth resorption
    Endodontic disease
    References
    Alphabetical index

  • Javier Collados Soto

    Javier Collados Soto graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) in 1994. Specialising exclusively in Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery, he works in numerous veterinary practices and hospitals in Spain, concentrating his services in Madrid. He is responsible for the Dentistry and Oral Surgery service at the Sierra de Madrid Veterinary Hospital. He was a lecturer and subject coordinator in Animal Dentistry at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Alfonso X el Sabio University of Madrid.

    Always showing his interest for his specialisation, he has had several stays at the Dentistry and Oral Surgery Service of the University of California (UCDavis) Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, USA.

    He has been member of the European Veterinary Dental Society (EVDS) since 1999 and he is also one of the founder members of the Spanish Society of Veterinary Experimental Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery (SEOVE, Sociedad Española de Odontología-Cirugía Maxilofacial Veterinaria y Experimental).

    He has published many articles in this specialty and has participated as a speaker in congresses and national and international courses in the field of Veterinary Dentistry.

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