title: Canine stage 1 periodontal disease: a latent pathology.
abstract: To evaluate the potential health issues associated with periodontal disease (PD) in dogs, 1004 teeth from 25 dogs were examined. The dogs were randomly selected, aged 2-14 years, and had at least 95% of their teeth at the first PD stage. Significant positive correlations between plaque grade (PG) and gum inflammation, gingival regression, periodontal pocket, age and serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activity were identified. In contrast, PG was negatively correlated to total platelet count. Altogether, these findings suggest that prevention and therapy at the first PD stages can have an important impact on the general health condition of dogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad de Zaragoza, Miguel Servet, 177, 50.013 Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Whyte
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad de Zaragoza, Miguel Servet, 177, 50.013 Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bonastre
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Animal Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad de Zaragoza, Miguel Servet, 177, 50.013 Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Monteagudo
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad de Zaragoza, Miguel Servet, 177, 50.013 Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Les
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Zaragoza, Domingo Miral, s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Obon
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Zaragoza, Domingo Miral, s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whyte
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Animal Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad de Zaragoza, Miguel Servet, 177, 50.013 Zaragoza, Spain. Electronic address: ttejedor@unizar.es.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Tejedor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013030:Spain
keywords: Blood parameters; Dental plaque; Dog; Gum inflammation; Periodontal disease