Estudo da influência da idade e da dieta sobre a doença periodontal em cães e gatos.

Abstract

Periodontal disease (PD) is the most frequent disease among those that affect the oral cavity in the small animal clinic. The etiology of this condition is the accumulation of bacterial plaque in the oral cavity of the animals, resulting in gingivitis and subsequent destruction of the tissues that support the teeth. Food and age are some of the factors studied that can influence the degree of PD. The objective is to evaluate the influence of age and diet factors on the stages of periodontal disease in dogs and cats treated at the veterinary hospital of UFPB in 2019. 27 clinical cases of PD were studied, and the data were extracted from medical records. The diagnosis of the PD stage was obtained through the surgical report of periodontal treatment. Analysis of variance and comparison of mean values by Tukey's test were used, with p≤0.05 values considered significantly different. There was a significant difference in the correlation between age and PD, but not between diet and PD. It is concluded that the dogs and cats attended at the Veterinary Hospital of UFPB have no influence on the type of food on the stages of PD, however, PD gets worse with advancing age. The work is the first to be carried out in Paraíba addressing this theme, therefore, there is a noticeable scarcity of studies addressing the relationship between food and age with the onset of periodontal disease.