JVD 2009 3 Periodontal Health Status in a Colony of 109 Cats Nicolas Girard, Eric Servet, Vincent Biourge, Philippe Hennet

Question 1

What was the aim of the study?

Answer 1

The aim
of this study was to investigate the different patterns of
periodontal inflammation in cats, and to evaluate their
prevalence in a standardized healthy population

Question 2

What percentage of cats had aggressive periodontal disease?

Answer 2

13%

Question 3

What percentage of cats had missing teeth with evidence of apices of roots?

Answer 3

34%

Question 4

What percentage of cats had no gingival inflammation?

Answer 4

4%

Question 5

What percentage of cats had moderate to severe gingivitis? What percentage was generalised vs localised?

Answer 5

13%

10% generalised and 3% localised.

Question 6

What percentage of multirooted teeth had furcation exposure?

Answer 6

18%

Question 7

What percentage of teeth had periodontal bone loss?

what percentage of cats had some periodontal bone loss?

Answer 7

31. 2% of teeth

98. 2% of cats

Question 8

What particular disease was considered in association with the development of periodontal disease in this study and what other factors were considered?

Answer 8

Particular emphasis was placed on the
potential associations between TR and periodontal parameters, as well as the influence of potential risk factors (including breed, sex, and age).

Question 9

Off the 109 cats what was the mean age?

Answer 9

6.2 ± 5.2-years

Question 10

How was gingivitis assessed in each cat?

Answer 10

Gingivitis was assessed using the Löe and Silness method on the mesial, vestibular, distal, and lingual part of each tooth

Question 11

Which teeth were more likely to be missing than other tooth types or locations?

Answer 11

Maxillary second premolar teeth.

Question 12

What percentage of teeth demonstrated mobility and which teeth were most commonly involved and what percentage of the total mobility did this represent?

Answer 12

10.9% of teeth demonstrated mobility and most of these were incisors , which representted 95.5% of all mobile teeth.

Question 13

Which cats and which breeds demonstrated a significantly more GS 2 & GS3?

Answer 13

purebred cats demonstrated significantly more disease and Burmese, Bengal, Somali, Maine coon, Bobtail, and
Abyssinian were more affected.

Question 14

Which teeth were most affected by bone loss?

Answer 14

Mandibular teeth were significantly more affected by

bone loss compared with maxillary teeth 42.0 % and 21.0 %, respectively

Question 15

What percentage of horizontal bone loss was seen in mandibular teeth compared to. vertical bone loss.

Answer 15

Mandibular intraoral dental radiographs showed a greater incidence of horizontal bone loss (52.1 %) compared with vertical bone loss 14.5 %.

Question 16

How many of the variables were statistically correlated with TR1?
How many were correlated with TR2?

Answer 16

Of the 14 periodontal variables, 8 (PP, furcation,
mobility, GI localized and generalized, focal and generalized horizontal bone loss, and generalized vertical bone loss) were statistically correlated (correlation coefficient = 60.0 %) with Type 1 TR indicating that Type 1 TR was highly associated with periodontal disease.
2 of 14 were correlated with TR2

Question 17

What percentage of cats of the cats had

a form of caudal stomatitis or buccostomatitis?

Answer 17

5.5 %

Question 18

What finding with respect to probing depths was supported by this study?

Answer 18

Findings in this study support the recommendation that a

healthy gingival sulcus should measure < 0.5mm.