Canine Severe Maxilla and Mandible Osteolysis
Associated with Periodontal Disease Unperceived by Proprietors
A. Whyte, J. Obón1,
A. Leuza, J. Whyte1 and L.V. Monteagudo*
Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University
of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; 1Department of Anatomy
and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza,
Spain*Corresponding author:
monteagu@unizar.es
Abstract
A case of extremely severe
osteolysis secondary to periodontal disease in a 13 years old
Yorkshire
dog is presented. When referred to our Hospital, the patient had suffered a
great loss of dental pieces,
severe massive osteolysis in maxilla, mandible and nasal bone leading to oro-nasal
fistula and extreme weakening of the affected areas. However, the proprietors
had only observed a suppurative wound in the skin. To the authors’ knowledge,
the extreme severity of osteolysis affecting both jaws in this dog can not be
found in previous scientific descriptions on this species. The treatment
consisted of complete teeth removal and general antibiotic medication (Spiramycin/Metronidazole;
10 mg/kg every 24 hours for 10 days, starting 2 days before extraction).The totally satisfactory evolution of the patient was controlled at days
4th and 14th after surgery. Normal alveolar cicatrization
was verified. Soft food intake is painless after the teeth removal.