Not at all nice looking mouthhttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/30237/not-at-all-nice-looking-mouth Hi, So, I was grabbed by a passing colleague to look at a cat’s mouth. Urgh, looks like a tumour was first thought but then showed me the other side… There is really marked gingivitis around the cheek teeth on palatine aspect in the back of theen-USTelligent Community 10RE: Not at all nice looking mouthhttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/236687?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:37:30 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:cb7fc3f4-6eb1-40a3-95b7-0a8cec5a6912Rob Davis<p>Hi Steve, do you have any radiographs? I saw a similar-looking one recently which had bony proliferation along the zygomatic arches bilaterally looking like this:</p> <p><img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/640x480/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/252/2555.Bony-proliferation.jpg" /></p> <p>I biopsied the lesion which came back as chronic inflammatory changes only. This cat did have stomatitis and I did perform a total caudal extraction, and the visible inflammation is improving, though I suspect the bony proliferation will remain - time will tell...&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Not at all nice looking mouthhttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/236657?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:24:39 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:84ea7891-6b8f-4794-8223-a676676831f2Norman Johnston<p>FCGS cases vary in severity and this is probably soft tissue but maybe also bone. Sometimes a clean up plus extraction of strategic teeth with no future helps but in severe cases it might be best to go for full mouth (not canines) first</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Not at all nice looking mouthhttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/236656?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:52:18 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:4fe41b48-8d06-4f3c-be5f-68fcaa22bad7Steve Leonard<p>Any thoughts on the sub gingival swelling Norman. I&rsquo;ve seen a few stomatitis cases but not this degree of swelling.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Not at all nice looking mouthhttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/236651?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 17 Mar 2022 21:17:17 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:f6248015-6009-4bec-a360-12245c4dee1aNorman Johnston<p><a target='_blank' href="https://www.dentalvets.co.uk/common-cases/feline-oral-cavity-conditions">www.dentalvets.co.uk/.../feline-oral-cavity-conditions</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>