Virtually everyone who has had a dental procedure, be it an aggressive cleaning or a tooth extraction, knows that it can be quite painful. The same is true for your pet. This is why your veterinarian might use a combination of pain control measures before, during and after dentistry. Using a combination of different types of analgesics is known as multi-modal pain control, which provides the safest and most effective way to minimize pain.

Rory, a 3-year-old Flame Point Ragdoll, was diagnosed with severe gingivostomatitis. After caudal mouth extractions and the application of PerioVive, Rory’s recovery was remarkable. In just 10 days, he showed significant improvement, and his healing was ahead of expectations. Learn how PerioVive can support healing and tissue regeneration for pets with oral health issues.

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the largest threats to global health. Antibiotic resistance means that bacteria no longer respond to antibiotics; antibiotics become ineffective and infections become more difficult or impossible to treat, increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness, disability and death (WHO, 2024). The main reasons for the crisis of AMR are the overuse and misuse of antibiotics combined with inadequate infection prevention.

If your pet has been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, then regular dental care is essential not only to their oral health but also their overall systemic health. Diabetes can worsen periodontal disease, and at the same time, periodontal disease makes it harder to properly control diabetes.