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Teeth Grinding when eating

post #1 of 5
7/3/11 at 4:31pm
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My 8 year old cat Oscar grinds his teeth when eating. He is a stictly indoor cat. He also is reluctant to eat dry food and seems not his usual self. I took him to the vet who gave hime an oral exam. She says he has fantastic teeth. She also did bloodwork and everything came back normal. She is stumped. Anyone have any ideas? He lives with 9 other cats, but we recently added two adult cats to our household (now 11 cats). So maybe stress related? Everyone does seem to be getting along fine, tho.
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post #2 of 5
7/3/11 at 7:00pm
Something has got to be wrong. The best thing would be to take him to a
veterinary dentist for an exam.

I have this article for information

http://www.mypetsdentist.com/site/vi...Salivating.pml
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post #3 of 5
7/3/11 at 8:09pm
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We don't have a dentist near us. The vet looked in his mouth for about 15 minutes. She pushed on all his teeth and no reaction. Also he doesn't drool.
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post #4 of 5
7/3/11 at 8:30pm
Did you look here?
http://www.avdc-dms.org/dms/list/dip...TOKEN=37937841

Also, all this info ( obviously, except rabies) has to be considered

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The most common sources of oral pain in cats are dental pain, oral lesions, and jaw fracture. Tooth resorption, fractured teeth and dental abscesses are the most common causes of dental pain. Stomatitis is a severely painful oral inflammatory condition and tumors (squamous cell carcinoma) are the most common painful non-inflammatory oral lesions. We look carefully for oral burns and lacerations as potential causes of oral pain. Oral discomfort from temporomandibular joint problems (TMJ), malocclusion, foreign bodies or the ingestion of unpleasent substances (especially household chemicals and plants) must also be ruled out.

After oral pain has been ruled out, abdominal pain, nausea and neurologic diseases are considered as potential causes of teeth grinding and salivation. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), pancreatic disease, cholangiohepatitis, gastritis and hypokalemia (low potassium) are also ruled out. From a neurologic perspective we need to consider rabies, bartonella, brain tumors and peripheral nerve neuropathies.
There are a lot of things to look for. Especially since you wrote

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He also is reluctant to eat dry food and seems not his usual self.
No question, something is wrong, even if this vet can't find it. Quite possibly you'll have to go to someone else to have the problem diagnosed.
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post #5 of 5
7/3/11 at 8:47pm
PS......When my Amy was grinding her teeth she didn't have a problem with drooling either. She had a dental (to have her teeth cleaned) as a first step to see if that would help and after the dental there was no more teeth grinding. So I guess ours was a simple problem with an easy solution.

I can only say, you need to go to someone who will find the source of the problem, whatever the problem is.

Edit: I mean, wherever it's coming from, whether from inside the mouth or somewhere else.
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