Will my cat be ok if his teeth are removed?

[marluvlenn]

Yes…teeth removal helps with about 80 percent of the cases (not so with my cat…he fell in the 20 percent…but he is on cyclosporine and that medicine on top of the extractions has helped him…in another 6 months he may be able to stop it)….I am surprised that the first vet was just giving your cat antibiotics…not really that helpful.  In any case, teeth extraction helps with most cats…so you are doing the right thing….often you will need to take out the canines as well…because they also can be problematic.  One thing…if the teeth extraction doesn't work…ask your vet about cyclosporine.  Also, make sure that they take x rays AFTER the extraction to make sure that no roots have been left in.  Good luck.  I hope your cat well.

Margo

 

[kelseyrat]

OK, new problem with my cat, Frank.  He has been doing really well since the extraction.  He has been yawning with his mouth wide open (Which he hasn't been able to do without pain for a while) and acting like a kitten with all the energy he has been having...until last Friday.  He made his classic "Ow, ow" sound when we gave him his nightly soft food. 

Right after his surgery, for several days, we fed Frank nothing but soft food.  We continued to leave the hard food out for the other cats, but made sure we fed him the soft food frequently.  After a little over a week he started eating the hard food again and was having no problem.  We continued to offer him the soft food at night.  This had been working out really well until last week.

I took him to the vet on Saturday and our vet said he had bruised his mouth.  We were instructed to take up the hard food and feed only soft and were also prescribed some pain medicine for him.  It is currently Wednesday and his mouth is still hurting.  Even eating the soft food is causing him pain.  He is hungry and wants to eat, but as soon as his mouth starts hurting (Which is only a few bites in) he stops.

Has anyone else experienced this with their cat?

 

[detmut]

  

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• detmut
• Feb 11, 2015

 

[miannorvy]

If you aren't already offer only pate' soft food and add a little water to it to thin it out and mix it. then he can lap it up. That will keep pressure off his gums. I hope he gets to feeling better soon! 

 

[lynn d]

Iwas horrified and greatly upset that my cat did not survive having teeth extracted. He died minutes after procedure. All vitals were good during procedure. So my cat died in their care and now being presented with a $900 bill!!!!!
Very sad and upset
Lynn

 

[lynn d]

My cat did not survive this procedure. He died minutes after. They are not telling me they know why. I am heartsick and angry. They told me his vitals were good during procedure. I dk what happened.
Another Q: isn't t an ear flush usually done while cat is under anesthes

 

[denice]

I am sorry that this happened to your kitty.  Unfortunately where anesthetic is concerned unforeseen things can happen..  I remember a while back we had a vet tech who was a member here and her kitty had really bad acne.  She took him into the office and gave anesthetic so she could clean up his acne really well and he crashed as he was coming out of the anesthetic.  She was able to revive him but she did not see that coming.  I think sometimes the vet and their staff don't know why this happens.

None of my kitties have had an ear flush so I know nothing about the normal procedure.

 

[detmut]

Iwas horrified and greatly upset that my cat did not survive having teeth extracted. He died minutes after procedure. All vitals were good during procedure. So my cat died in their care and now being presented with a $900 bill!!!!!
Very sad and upset
Lynn

My cat did not survive this procedure. He died minutes after. They are not telling me they know why. I am heartsick and angry. They told me his vitals were good during procedure. I dk what happened.
Another Q: isn't t an ear flush usually done while cat is under anesthes

i am so sorry about your cat.

 

[all8now]

Just one more "been there, done that".  My rescue cat Ping had most of her teeth and teeth remnants removed, leaving about 3 right in front on the bottom.  No problems at all.  Now she eats canned food, kibble and treats.  I do break up the treats for her, since they're often bigger than the nice, round kibble bits.  She drools some, but that's the only way you can tell there's anything different.

If you watch a normal cat eating dry food, you'll notice that they swallow a lot of it whole.  Cats have tearing teeth, not crunching teeth.  

Please, do your kitty a favor and get a very competent vet, working from good x-rays, to clean up his mouth.  You'll both be happier!

 

[4catmom]

My sweet 4 yr old orange tabby Sunny is recovering at the vet now from 5 teeth extraction.Vet saidhe has the autoinnune disease. Never heard of it till now. Horrified that my fur baby has this and from what I am reading will most likely lose all his teeth at some point. Glad to read the posts that state cats can live.happy full lives without teeth.

 

[maureen brad]

I have had cats with stomatitis. My advice is find a dental surgeon and have all the teeth out. Your cat will recover just fine and will still have no problem eating. The longer you wait to do it the more chance of continuing stomatitis.

 Steroids can help for awhile but have risks. In the end only full mouth extraction has the change of total relief. It is expensive but so is year after year of steroids etc.

If you are on facebook you can search out feline stomatiitis. You can find a lot of info there.Please don't be afraid of having all those teeth removed. Stomatitis is a nightmare and the poor cats are in so much pain from it.

 

[detmut]

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[snowflkelcn]

I really need your help. My cat is 1,5 years old. After lots of different vet. finally one of them found his problem and he said this is a auto-immune disease named lenfositik plasmositik,gingivit,stomotid complex and suggest us cortisone for three times. However It works just for a while then nothing changed in his mouth. Then we started to use a steroid drug named Deltacortril. It works for a while and now my cat can not eat again. I feed him the soft food (wet food).





I read lots of comment and realised that to remove all of teeth is a good way. Who is experienced with this issue and removing theet please help me. What will happen after surgery? Will this issue end? When the cats start to eat something again?

 

[detmut]

 
I really need your help. My cat is 1,5 years old. After lots of different vet. finally one of them found his problem and he said this is a auto-immune disease named lenfositik plasmositik,gingivit,stomotid complex and suggest us cortisone for three times. However It works just for a while then nothing changed in his mouth. Then we started to use a steroid drug named Deltacortril. It works for a while and now my cat can not eat again. I feed him the soft food (wet food).
  
I read lots of comment and realised that to remove all of teeth is a good way. Who is experienced with this issue and removing theet please help me. What will happen after surgery? Will this issue end? When the cats start to eat something again?

do you mean Lymphocytic-plasmacytic stomatitis/Gingivostomatitis/Caudal stomatitis ? 

if so, click this link and scroll down to the Feline Stomatitis section:

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/d..._and_ulcerative_disease_in_small_animals.html

 

[suartel]

I know this is an old post but I would love to hear how your cat is doing now. My kitty is only about 3 yrs old and I am going through this since March. I feel terrible for her and a new specialist just recommended full mouth extraction. I too feel terrible about it. I made an appointment for 2 days from now and I'm sad but hopeful too. I just want her to be free of this and be happy again.

 

[susank521]

We're at fourteen months post-op having my Simon's remaining teeth extracted and he is doing great! No stomatitis recurrence yet! 

On advise from my vet we started with a partial extraction, which helped for about 6 months. Don't even bother with the partial.

He's such a strong little trouper and is doing great without teeth. Needs some help with grooming in the way of frequent brushing.

 

[suartel]

Thank you so much for the update! I am so happy for you (and of course, Simon!). I was so upset about the prospect of removing all her teeth but I am realizing it was more about me and she would be ok, maybe way better without them. She is scheduled for tomorrow and although I still feel like crying when I think about it, I am getting more used to the idea and more hopeful that it will help this sweet girl feel like a kitten again.

 

[jinxybean]

Suartel, my 14-year old Minky Boodle had a partial mouth extraction last November and the rest were taken out this March after he failed to heal from periodontal disease.  It was an excellent choice for him as his quality of life is great, now.  Before, he would have a hard time eating and he would curl up alone because his mouth was constantly in pain.  Antibiotics didn't work and the partial extraction only slowed it down for a few months.   The reality we faced was that he was guaranteed pain and continuing infection if we didn't do the full extraction, as his antibiotics, cleaning protocols, and partial extraction failed.  

Minky Boodle quickly took to eating soft food and there were no complications from his full mouth extraction.  He ate a little gingerly for a few weeks, but then he was normal after that.  He became his old purr-bucket loving self again!  

I do notice that food bits can get stuck in the back of his jaws, and he'll try to paw them out.  This is not pain, it's like getting a popcorn hull stuck between the cheek and gums.  Then it comes out and he eats again.  His vet just had a look at his gums on Friday - he was there for a vaccination - and everything is all healthy and clean!

 

[kittycatsophie]

One of my sister's elderly cats, Sammy, lost a lot of teeth from old age, but he ate some dry kibble and some wet food every day.

 

[suartel]

It's good to hear that cats get along fine after their teeth are gone. My kitty is 7 days post-op and she already seems really good. Before, she would stop eating every time she was in pain and soon after surgery she ate her food. She now eats her soft food twice a day with no problem, and no running away after a bite or two because there's pain!
After surgery they called me to tell me how everything went but decided to keep her overnight for observation and to make sure she was doing ok. They called me again the next morning to tell me how she was doing and that she had already eaten a whole can of food. She goes for a follow up tomorrow but she really seems happy and comfortable.
They showed me her x-rays and she had a lot less bone then she should have because the disease had gotten so bad. She had to be in so much pain from this. She probably had this disease since we took her in almost 2 years ago, she was a stray. Her vet is a board certified in feline specialist and after looking at my kitty's eyes she believes she's pretty young, only about three. i'm glad I could give her relief and maybe she can be a playful happy kitty again.