{"id":2796,"date":"2013-12-21T00:05:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T00:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2013-12-21T00:05:45","modified_gmt":"2013-12-21T00:05:45","slug":"pets-oral-health-problems-can-be-difficult-to-identify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/pets-oral-health-problems-can-be-difficult-to-identify\/","title":{"rendered":"Pets&#8217; oral health problems can be difficult to identify"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Marley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2763\" alt=\"Marley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Marley-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Veterinarian Marty Becker and his team of experts say advanced dental problems can occur beneath a pet&#8217;s gum line with no obvious signs of a problem other than a mild change in behavior. A thorough physical exam coupled with sedation and oral radiographs finally helped identify a tooth-root abscess in Dr. Becker&#8217;s feline patient who presented only because her meow changed. &#8220;It&#8217;s up to us as owners and veterinarians to be aware of changes in behavior that could signal pain or illness and to look beneath the surface for potential causes of problems,&#8221; Dr. Becker writes. This article also relates a discovery by the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine that has implications for spinal dysraphism in Weimaraners and spina bifida in children.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veterinarian Marty Becker and his team of experts say advanced dental problems can occur beneath a pet&#8217;s gum line with no obvious signs of a problem other than a mild change in behavior. 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