My 6 year old male cat had some issues that started last year. He started to have terrible bad breath and was drooling profusely. With a vet check, it was confirmed that he needed some teeth removed. He had two surgeries in total, the first removed most of the teeth, the second to remove those that remained. My problem is that the vet ran tests and such, and could never figure out the cause. I was hoping to explain the situation and see if someone else has had the same issues with a diagnosis.
Surgery 1 - When they went in and removed 12 teeth. They found that he was already missing 14 of his teeth, believe to have fallen out on their own accord. Four teeth remained, which were in great health.
He recovered fine and seemed in top shape, until about 6 months later, when I noticed more bad breath, but no drooling.
Surgery 2 - They put him under again and had to remove the final 4 teeth.
He has recovered fine from this (about 4 months ago) and seems to be in great heath again. He never really lost weight from the infections nor did he seem to become lethargic. He stayed his happy-go-lucky self and still did all the same activities. The vet I worked with has about 30 years experience, so I trust him fully. He said it looked as if his body was rejecting his teeth, they were abcessing and ulcering from the base, in the gums. He said it was much like when they get leukemia, but he had all the required blood tests done for said disease and for anything else that normally causes such things. Biopsies were done, and all tests so far have come back negative for anything "normal".
Anyone else have any kind of similar story with a diagnosis in the end? (Sorry for the long story!)
Surgery 1 - When they went in and removed 12 teeth. They found that he was already missing 14 of his teeth, believe to have fallen out on their own accord. Four teeth remained, which were in great health.
He recovered fine and seemed in top shape, until about 6 months later, when I noticed more bad breath, but no drooling.
Surgery 2 - They put him under again and had to remove the final 4 teeth.
He has recovered fine from this (about 4 months ago) and seems to be in great heath again. He never really lost weight from the infections nor did he seem to become lethargic. He stayed his happy-go-lucky self and still did all the same activities. The vet I worked with has about 30 years experience, so I trust him fully. He said it looked as if his body was rejecting his teeth, they were abcessing and ulcering from the base, in the gums. He said it was much like when they get leukemia, but he had all the required blood tests done for said disease and for anything else that normally causes such things. Biopsies were done, and all tests so far have come back negative for anything "normal".
Anyone else have any kind of similar story with a diagnosis in the end? (Sorry for the long story!)
amazingly, like hitting the lottery twice, I have one kitty with stomatitis, and one with resorptive lesions. Your description fits more what my kitty with stomatits has.... However, with regular dentals and daily medication we have been able to have a very good control on the disease, keeping most of his teeth and inflammation to a minimum (as possible). Changing his diet to raw helped quite a bit too, as it lowers inflammation overall. 
