Prospective dog owners should be aware that their beloved pet pup may be predisposed to developing dental problems and tooth ...

While this survival tactic may have saved the resilient sausage dog, it highlights a behaviour that makes many dog owners cringe. This type of “recycling” is surprisingly common in our canine ...

The only side effect observed in 45 dogs treated with amlodipine was a single case of gingival hyperplasia. Reasons for administering amlodipine included the following: four cases in which ...

Movie dogs save the day in all kinds of ways — with bite, bark, or just a furry body for our heroes to cuddle up with. They can turn a mediocre film into a classic, steal your heart with little ...

NOT HEARD BACK. RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF NEWTON IS WARNING DOG OWNERS ABOUT A PARVO VIRUS OUTBREAK. THE CITY HAS CONFIRMED 11 CASES OF THE VIRUS AT TWO VETERINARY CLINICS. THE NEWTON ANIMAL CLINIC ...

Brittany Lancellotti, DVM, DACVD, broke down the treatments for canine allergic dermatitis ... with less common long-term risks including gingival hyperplasia, opportunistic fungal infections (which ...

A woman who owned a Schipperke (a small black and usually tailless dog) asked me, "My dog doesn't have a tail to wag to tell me whether he is happy or not. I have looked at his face a lot and he ...

Drug-induced gingival hyperplasia usually arises from the use of certain medications. The main drug classes involved in this condition are anticonvulsants, immunosuppressants, and calcium channel ...

The only information most people seem to have about this type of dog seems to be the stereotype of a frenzied pack of murderous bloodhounds in wild and noisy pursuit of fleeing slaves or escaped ...

Jessica Pierce is a bioethicist and writer. She is the author of multiple books, including A Dog’s World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans, which Marc Bekoff co-authored.

Drug-induced gingival hyperplasia is a type of hyperplasia from drug side effects. In general, gingival hyperplasia refers to a condition in which the gum tissues surrounding the teeth grow ...

WITHIN the last year, two reports 1, 2 have been published in this journal concerning the effectiveness of antihistamines as a form of therapy for the gingival hyperplasia that is frequently seen ...