Therapeutic Effects on Feline Gingivo-stomatitis of the Extraction of all Premolars and Molars

Abstract

All the premolars and molars of 14 cats under medical treatment for gingivo-stomatitis and suffering severe pain during eating were extracted. Thereafter macroscopic oral inflammation disappeared in 5 (35.7%) of the cats and pain during eating in 6 (42.9%). The overall-symptom rate of improvement for macroscopic faucitis was 71.4%(10 of 14); the corresponding rate for eating pain was 64.3%(9 of 14). Cats suffering from severe faucitis before treatment and those infected with FeLV and/or FIV tended to respond poorly to the therapy.