Cat Dentures

A group of college students who called themselves Fangs A Lot have opened a business in Britain named Animal Solutions. They sell false teeth for cats. And dogs and other animals, as needed.

Cats have notoriously bad dental problems. Cat owners seldom brush their cats’ teeth or scrape the surfaces of the teeth to remove plaque. By the time a cat is 3 or 4 years old, she may already have periodontal disease that can lead to tooth loss. Tooth loss may also come about as a result of tooth breakage, particularly in the canine teeth.

Will the business take off? Only time will tell. Link -via Dump Trumpet

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March 25, 2008 at 10:37 am by Miss Cellania
Category: Animal, Medicine

10 Comments to "Cat Dentures"

zantimisfit
March 25th, 2008 at 11:27 am
I have a cat that doesn’t have a tooth left in her head and she does just fine.
L
March 25th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Doesn’t the need for a service like this tell you that what we’re feeding our domestic animals isn’t quite right? You don’t generally see gummy lions or wolves in the wild, do you?
Lady Bee
March 25th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Hi! I’m the author of the original article sourced to Dump Trumpet. I just wanted to note that the article is about plans to market the false teeth in the future. They are not for sale currently. The students who designed the false teeth for cats had a prototype made as their entry in an invention contest.

Thank you for including this piece amoung your selections!!
sadtomato
March 25th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
I had a cat who lost her teeth before her first birthday. She was actually allergic to them! She lived a very happy 18 years with no teeth.
oakling
March 25th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I have a friend whose cat drools intensely because of a missing tooth. It’d be great if she could get a bridge for that!
Tempscire
March 25th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I’m supposed to try brushing my cat’s teeth? She refuses to even be brushed! Oh well. 14 years and she’s never had more than a little plaque build-up.
donna
March 25th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
If you feed them dry food they usually don’t have problems. The problem is too much “meatcat” (wet food).
ted
March 25th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Gummy lions - yum.
roger
March 26th, 2008 at 3:20 am
I tred flossing my chmpanzee and lost a fnger. now ts hard to type.
Alex
March 26th, 2008 at 4:09 am
Should’ve used pig bladder potion, roger.

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