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Managing Dental Pain
Paulo Steagall
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The pain experience is a combination of sensory and emotional components. Pain causes fear, stress and anxiety, negatively impacting quality of life. It also delays recovery and induces behavioral changes that affect the owner-companion animal bond (1). Dental and oral diseases are some of the most common conditions seen in small animal practice. They can produce significant pain, as well as localized and potentially systemic infection (2). Indeed, severe pain and inflammation might further impact nutrition and feeding behavior. Treatment of periodontal disease involves general anesthesia, oral radiography and often dental extractions (3). Recently, extensive guidelines on the management of dental disease in dogs and cats have been reported (2,3). These documents highlight the importance of adequate pain management and the mandatory use of general anesthesia for appropriate dental treatment. [...]
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Université de Montréal Department of Clinical Sciences 3200 rue Sicote, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC Canada
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