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My one year old Siamese just had 3 teeth extracted during a routine cleaning. The vet found Feline Resorptive Lesions, a disease that is caused when a middle aged cat's body tries to reabsorb its teeth from the root working outward to the enamel. It's normal for a kitten's body to reabsorb the roots of its baby teeth, but the mechanism sometimes goes awry in adult cats and makes for an incredibly painful disease.
The thing is...I'm not exactly sure if my cat has this disease - he's only a year old and he ate, played, and cuddled like a normal pain-free kitty before and after the procedure.
I have a couple of questions for anyone who might know: Is it possible he was misdiagnosed by our vet? If he does suffer from FORL, is there an alternative to extracting teeth? (Doing the math - 3 teeth a year is going to leave my little guy toothless by the time he's middle aged!) Also, is there more that I can do besides feeding him tartar-control food and brushing his teeth daily? Thanks in advance for your thoughts and insights.
The thing is...I'm not exactly sure if my cat has this disease - he's only a year old and he ate, played, and cuddled like a normal pain-free kitty before and after the procedure.
I have a couple of questions for anyone who might know: Is it possible he was misdiagnosed by our vet? If he does suffer from FORL, is there an alternative to extracting teeth? (Doing the math - 3 teeth a year is going to leave my little guy toothless by the time he's middle aged!) Also, is there more that I can do besides feeding him tartar-control food and brushing his teeth daily? Thanks in advance for your thoughts and insights.