What causes cats to lose teeth? Have you ever seen your cat owner lose teeth? Healthy cats always have a set of white teeth, and we can often experience it first-hand The power of cat teeth, however, sometimes we also pick up strange things on the floor of the room, such as cat teeth, which means that the cat has lost its teeth, which can be caused by many reasons, it may be ordinary Tooth replacement can also be an oral disease.

One, changing teeth

The cat is roughly Teeth start to grow in about 2 weeks after birth, and 26 teeth will grow in about 1 month. Baby teeth fall out around 3 months after birth, and 30 new teeth will grow in 5 to 6 months.

From the fifth month after birth, cats begin to change canine teeth. At this time, when the cat's mouth is opened, it is often seen that the gums of the cat's canine teeth are slightly protruding. Red, this is a sign of new teeth. After another week or two, you can see that the cat has four canines on the upper or lower jaw, that is, there are two teeth on the same canine position, and one is slightly thicker, which is the newly grown tooth. As the new teeth grow, the baby canines are slowly loosened, fall off, and spit out by the cat. If you observe carefully, you may pick up the small teeth that the cat has replaced. Keeping the cat's deciduous teeth can also be regarded as a souvenir!  

When the cat is four or five months old, the director is in the stage of changing teeth, and may have a loss of appetite. Tooth growth, on the other hand, provide it with easy-to-chew food to protect the new teeth.  

A year after a kitten is born, the incisors of the lower jaw begin to wear down, and after seven years, the canines begin to age. In the seventh year, the incisors of the lower jaw become round; in ten-year-old cats, all the incisors of the upper jaw are gone. Careful cat owners should prepare different foods for cats by observing the changes in the cat's teeth to benefit the cat's health.

Second, periodontitis

periodontitis, etc. Dental disease can lead to tooth loss. When periodontitis causes the tissue cells that support the teeth to be destroyed, the teeth can also become loose and fall out. Because periodontitis is accompanied by severe pain, it hates things touching its mouth and is reluctant to eat.

As symptoms worsen, osteomyelitis occurs in the jawbone, and pus from the root of the tooth breaks out. Once this happens, it is necessary to receive specialized treatment as soon as possible, so take it to the hospital as soon as possible. In terms of treatment, the infection should be controlled first, with penicillin 50,000 units/kg body weight and dexamethasone 0.5 mg/kg body weight, mixed once intramuscularly, 2 times a day. Gentamicin 10,000 units/kg body weight, dexamethasone 0.5 mg/kg body weight, mixed once intramuscularly, 2 times/day. Followed by supportive care, for cats with reduced appetite, intravenous dextrose and complex saline should be given, and oral vitamin B preparations should be given.

In addition, kittens will lose their teeth when they change their teeth after 3 months of birth or when they are old.

III. Aging

12-13 years old The cat's gums and sockets begin to loosen, and the teeth fall out. It's not sick at this point, so don't worry, but the chewing of the food isn't as good anymore. At this point, you can't feed him the food he ate when he was young, and switch him to something that's easy to digest and chew.

When an elderly cat loses its teeth, first check whether it has oral diseases and whether it is caused by oral diseases. If so, see a dentist and scaling to remove tartar is necessary. If not, it is usually caused by the decline of the old cat's physical function, and the teeth of old enough cats also begin to age and slowly fall out.

In addition, dental diseases are mostly caused by bacterial infection, so preventing the production of tartar or calculus is the first step in prevention. Observe the state of your mouth more on weekdays and treat your teeth with a toothbrush or gauze. It is good for cat's teeth and oral health.