Blood Parameters and Feline Tooth Resorption: A Retrospective Case Control Study from a Spanish University Hospital

• Published in: Animals (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 7; p. 2125
• Main Authors: Whyte, Ana, Tejedor, María Teresa, Whyte, Jaime, Monteagudo, Luis Vicente, Bonastre, Cristina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 17.07.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Age; Albumins; Biomarkers; Blood; blood parameters; Bone surgery; case control study; Creatinine; Destruction; Enamel; Ethics; feline; Fractures; Globulins; Hematology; Inflammation; Kidneys; Multiple regression analysis; Odontology; Orthopedics; Parameters; Periodontal disease; Periodontal diseases; resorption; Soft tissues; Surgery; Teeth; Tissues; Urea; Spain
• ISSN: 2076-2615; 2076-2615
• DOI: 10.3390/ani11072125

Tooth resorption (TR; progressive destruction of hard dental tissues) varies in prevalence according to population, age, and country (29–66.1%). Our objective was twofold: describing the TR clinical presentation in Northeastern Spain, and studying 34 blood parameters to ascertain potential systemic effects associated with TR. Cases (29; presented from September 2018 to May 2019) and controls (58) were considered. Non-parametric tests were carried out to compare cases and controls for each blood parameter; those showing significant differences were chosen for multiple regression analysis (binomial logistic and hierarchical multiple regressions). In case TR was detected in 130/870 teeth (14.9%), TR stage and type were correlated (p < 0.001). Increasing CREA values (p = 0.034) and decreasing BUN/CREA and ALB/GLOB values were associated with TR presence (p = 0.029 and p = 0.03, respectively). Increasing GLOB was associated with increasing severity of TR (p < 0.01). Type 1 TR (highly related to inflammation and periodontal disease PD) was the most frequently observed type; the association of TR and inflammation biomarkers (ALB/GLOB, GLOB) are explained by this fact. The concomitant presence of PD and TR in old cats would cause TR association with kidney damage biomarkers (CREA, BUN/CREA). When affected by TR, special care in these aspects must be provided to cats.