7.6 Periodontal Disease Control 7.7 Plaque Control 7.8 Infection Control References 8 Dental Patient Welfare 8.1 Introduction 8.2 What Is Animal Welfare? 8.3 Modern Animal Welfare Needs Assessment 8.4 Five Freedoms and Five Animal Welfare Needs 8.5 Measuring Quality of Life 8.6 Prevalence of Dental Disease 8.7 Dental Disease Associations with Compromised Animal Welfare Needs 8.8 Physiological Signs of Stress 8.9 Behavior Changes 8.10 Client Education Matters 8.11 Welfare Issues Surrounding the Veterinary Visit, Handling Techniques, and Procedural Design 8.12 Welfare Implications ofAnesthesia‐Free Dentistry 8.13 Economic Consequences of Improved Welfare Outcomes 8.14 Conclusion References
9 Part II: The Dental Patient 9 Local, Regional, and Systemic Complications of Dental Diseases 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Oral Health Impacts General Health 9.3 Oronasal Communication/Fistulas 9.4 Periapical Lesions 9.5 Pathologic Fracture 9.6 Ocular Damage 9.7 Oral Cancer 9.8 Osteomyelitis 9.9 Systemic Complications of Oral Diseases 9.10 Conclusion References 10 Hereditary Oral Disorders in Purebred Dogs and Cats References 11 Pain Management in the Dental Patient 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Impact of Oral Disease and Pain on Nutrition/Food Intake and Quality of Life 11.3 Present and Future Challenges in Pain Management for the Veterinary Dental Patient 11.4 Physiology of Pain 11.5 Dental Nociception, Inflammation, and Hypersensitivity 11.6 Causes of Dental and Orofacial Pain 11.7 Assessment and Recognition 11.8 Treatment References 12 Anesthesia of the Dental Patient 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Anesthesia Record Keeping 12.3 Patient History and Physical Examination 12.4 Basic Laboratory Testing 12.5 Anesthetic Management 12.6 Special Patient Presentations References 13 The Dental Patient and Its General Conditions 13.1 Patients with Cardiac Disease 13.2 Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Dogs 13.3 Mitral Valve Insufficiency in Dogs 13.4 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Cats 13.5 Patients with Diabetes Mellitus 13.6 Pregnant Patients 13.7 Patients with a History of Seizures 13.8 Brachycephalic Patients References 14 Ophthalmic Considerations in the Veterinary Dental Patient 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Ophthalmic Manifestations of Dental Disease 14.3 Maxillofacial Trauma 14.4 Ophthalmic Care During Dental Surgery 14.5 Combined Oral and Ocular Surgery Considerations 14.6 Conclusion References 15 Oral Health in the Context of Other Planned Surgeries 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Pathways Linking Oral Disease to Remote Locations 15.3 Guidelines for the Veterinarian