Heather Duncan, DVM, DACVD, discussed crown amputations in patients during an interview at the 2025 Fetch dvm360 conference ...

February was National Pet Dental Health Month. That’s right — dental health is so important to our pets’ happiness and ...

One of the most common conditions is what is known as feline odontoclastic resorptive lesions, or FORL, which is a painful disease in which teeth dissolve from the root, Schwarze says. This ...

So let’s dig into the question, “why do cats yawn” and deconstruct this behavior to better understand your kitty companions. ...

Unloading of bone and periodontal compression promotes resorption via receptor activator of nuclear factor κB-ligand, monocyte chemotactic protein-1, parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), and ...

One of the most common conditions is what's known as feline odontoclastic resorptive lesions, or FORL, which is a painful disease where teeth dissolve from the root, Schwarze says. This condition ...

In the reparative and remodeling phases, bone formation and remodeling involve angiogenesis and the formation and functions of bone-forming cells (i.e. osteoblasts) and bone-resorptive cells (i.e ...

Bone is a mineralized connective tissue from which bones, the main component of the vertebrate skeleton, are formed. Bone tissue is composed of cells, namely osteoblasts, osteoclasts and ...

The past decade has seen significant advances in our understanding of skeletal homeostasis and the mechanisms that mediate the loss of bone integrity in disease. Recent breakthroughs have arisen ...

Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disease in humans and cats. Cats share several features of human type-2 diabetes and can be considered an animal model for this disease. In the last decade, ...