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==Treatment==

==Treatment==

The aim of treatment of this condition is to improve the hygiene of the oral cavity. Initial treatment can include the following: Treating any underlying/existing dental disease, client education of the disease process and client education in dental homecare (diet and daily teeth brushing).  

The aim of treatment of this condition is to improve the hygiene of the oral cavity. Initial treatment can include the following: Treating any underlying/existing dental disease, client education of the disease process and client education in dental homecare (diet and daily teeth brushing).  

[[Antibiotics]] may also be necessary and a dental scale and polish is recommended.

More often than not, full mouth extractions performed by a veterinary dentist are required.  

 

Adjunctive treatment includes pain medication, anti-inflammatories and antibiotic treatment.

More advanced cases that have not responded to initial treatments may require a gingivectomy, repeated scale and polishing and extraction of cheek teeth followed by flushing of the alveolar sockets with saline or chlorhexidine (considered by many to be the most effective treatment).

Additionally [[Steroids|corticosteroids]] are often required to control inflammation when there is a hypersensitive response.

==Prognosis==

==Prognosis==