Peridontal disease in 2.5 y/o female

Hey there,

Our adult cat Babs (2.5 y/o female) has had issues with her teeth/gums since she was a young kitten. The vets had mentioned stomatitis, but we finally got her to a veterinary dentist Thursday and found out that it's peridontal disease. 6 extracted teeth and 2 thousand dollars later, we are going to be serious about treating this, both for the sake of her health and our expenses.

The dentist recommended daily brushings. We will introduce her to toothpaste in a couple of weeks and try to start brushing her teeth in about a month. I'm wondering though, have people had any success with products added to water? I read reviews for dental fresh advanced plaque and everyone seems to say that if the cat will tolerate it that the product works. I would be curious to hear the experiences of others here. Thanks!

The only product I have heard of is something called PlaqueOff.

http://stomatitisincats.com/review-of-plaqueoff-for-cats

http://www.plaqueoff.com/animal/Animal-FAQ.html

As far as I know, there is no product effective in removing plaque in humans. I have no idea in cats, but I suspect it is quite similar situation.

There are products more or less effective in preventing plaque to form, in humans. The one quoted in Denice;s liknj also prevents plaque to form (according to the producer's statements).

The forces and chemistry in the plaque formation on the tooth and the bacteria involved make almost impossible to remove plaque by regular brushing and by using products dissolved in water.

As in any plaque/tartrum situation, ultrasonic scaling is performing on cats as well, and is quite known operation. Note that the effective procedure requires anesthesia. In some places, this procedure can be performed by tehnicians while in some others only vets are allowed by law to perform it.

There are also some products (food) that stimulate salivation and remove the leftovers specialluy designed for cats - also good aid to prevent plaque from what I know (check with your trusted pet-food, as they appear to be very specific, local, from my knowledge)

If the diagnosis is periodontitis, that is a very difficult disease to manage, because it requires patient care and close monitoring. 

I do not know in cats, but for humans periodontitis leads 100% to teeth loosing (no exception), but it could be managed to sllow down the process to the time of very old age, thus making it far more acceptable. 

Few months ago I have read about successful research to develop a product that cure periodontitis in humans. Although promising, this will certainly need more time. I suspect it will be used in animals as well, at least experimentally at the beginning,

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Dental plaque is usually subject of a lot of confusions that allows a very aggressive and incorrect marketing to develop and make victims. Although a lot of professional info is present on the net and despite efforts of the dentist, people are still victims of ineffective products and procedures.

Here you have some very basic info on the plaque:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaling_and_root_planing

Of course, there is a lot of other similar info on the net, point is to avoid the scams and lies.