Any experience with Felline Odontoclastic Resorption?

[janelle and Nomad]

Over the weekend I noticed Nomad was chewing to one side. Since there have been some post about dental issues, I decided to take a good look into Nomad's mouth. The poor cat only has two teeth left and both looked like they were surrounded by a crater. I know cats have a rather bizzare condition in which they reabsorb their own teeth. I took him to the 24 hour animal hospital I use without an appointment. For once I was lucky and the Vet dentist was there and had a cancellation tomorrow. They are going to remove both of his remaining teeth tomorrow and also make sure he doesn't have any residual roots below the gum line. They have an on site lab so everything can get done within two or three days.

When I left him Nomad was purring and rubbing up against the vet tech. He doesn't seem too stressed out about this and even made friends with a Yorkie in the waiting room. Have any of you ever had experience with FORL? The vet dentist seemed to think removing the remaining teeth and putting him on IV antibiotics for a couple of days will resolve the issue. I am sure it will also remove a good chunk out of my bank account . I am glad. I noticed it before it was worse.

 

[Hope + (((Baby)))GA]

Mishka has FORL and so far has only needed to have one tooth pulled. Amazing how in 6 months it went from good to bad but she also gets a thorough cleaning and check by the dental specialist here in MI. We only have 2 here in MI and thankfully once isn't that far away.

 

[Larry and Kitties]

FOLRs are very very common in felines. I have had some teeth in most of my cats extracted because of them. I am just wondering why the IV antibiotics for several days are warranted. Did the vet give any reason?

 

[Wulfwin]

My 8 and a half year old civie Kaleigh had a FORL about a year ago. It actually fell out on its own within a week of me noticing it and taking her in to see the vet, but before the dental that I had scheduled to see about removing it. The vet just checked to make sure there weren't any roots left at the dental - she barely had any tartar on her teeth, but I got those cleaned anyway while she was out. She actually never had any symptoms - I never would have even noticed except I happened to check her teeth and saw it. Kaleigh hasn't had any more problems with her teeth since the FORL.

 

[janelle and Nomad]

Nomad is back from the dentist and has already eaten two cans of fancy feast. Except for his BG being a little higher than usual, he pretty much seems his usual self. I did. Learn some things about FORL that might be valuable for others to know. First FORL is more prevalent than I realized. The vet dentist says he sees at least a dozen cases a week. There are several theories about what what trigger it -bacteria from gum infections to other factors like possible autoimmune disease. The vet dentist did say in his practice he sees more cases in cats that have immune or metabolic disorders such as Diabetes. ( Iit could also be that people who have cats with chronic disorders are more proactive in getting things treated?). It is also true that cats who have regular dentals may suddenly get FORL. In some cases the tooth may also break off below the gum line leaving root remnants you can't see. Even though Nomad only had two teeth left, there were roots left that were also infected. He took a biopsy of the bone tissue to make sure it wasn't also infected. Hopefully it was just in the soft tissue and the antibiotics he is on will take care of it. I am glad that several other people posted about dentals otherwise I would have procrastinated this more!