Oral ailments

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Periodontitis

I read somewhere that the most common disease in humans is Periodontitis. The layman loosely equates Periodontitis with “tooth decay”. But as we will see, tooth decay is a much more all-encompassing term and can be the result of dental caries, abscesses in the tooth roots, etc.

In dogs also, Periodontitis must be the most prevalent disease in the mouth. Teeth are held in place by a special substance