{"topic_id":"evidence_feline_dental_diet","category":"evidence","context":"---\ntopic_id: evidence_feline_dental_diet\ncategory: evidence\ntitle: \"Evidence cluster — dental / oral-health diets in cats (peer-reviewed, Europe PMC)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search, first-hand peer-reviewed abstracts, pulled 2026-07-22\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_feline_dental_diet_2026-07-22.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 347\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 30\n  passed: 30\n  date: 2026-07-22\n---\n\n# Evidence: dental / oral-health diets in cats\n\nSource: Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search — first-hand peer-reviewed abstract records, pulled 2026-07-22. Query: `(dental OR \"oral health\" OR tartar OR \"dental diet\") AND cat AND diet AND HAS_ABSTRACT:\"Y\"`. The cluster returns **3747** records in Europe PMC; 6 representative studies are extracted below. Abstract text is verbatim from source; each study is traceable by PMID.\n\n## Studies\n- **PMID 42071988 (2026, Animals : an open access journal from MDPI)** — Advances in Functional Pet Food Research: Health-Driven Ingredients, Nutritional Targets and Evidence-Based Claims.. Functional pet food has grown rapidly, in line with the accelerated humanization of pets, growing attention to relations between diet and health, and mounting sustainability awareness.\n- **PMID 42167025 (2026, International dental journal)** — Advances in Nanozyme Engineering for Precision Oral Health Management.. <h4>Introduction and aims</h4>Despite recent advances in dental care, traditional treatments suffer from poor targeting, limited stability, and unsatisfactory regenerative efficacy.\n- **PMID 42209717 (2026, Clinical oral investigations)** — Patients' needs, expectations &amp; concerns regarding clear aligner treatment.. <h4>Objective</h4>Patients aiming for clear aligner therapy (CAT) have a distinct expectation regarding their orthodontic treatment.\n- **PMID 42319490 (2026, Cell and tissue research)** — Effects of gestational protein restriction on autophagy dynamics during odontogenesis.. Autophagy is a cellular process essential for maintaining homeostasis and supporting development.\n- **PMID 41424657 (2025, Frontiers in oral health)** — ORASPORT study protocol: a prospective observational study on the impact of endurance physical activity on oral microbiology and immunology.. The oral cavity offers a non-invasive window into systemic health.\n- **PMID 42031231 (2026, Contemporary clinical trials)** — Design of a multicomponent intervention to reduce the risk of exposure to high concentrations of fluoride in children in Huila, Colombia.. <h4>Introduction</h4>Systemic exposure to fluoride represents a significant challenge for global public health.\n\nSource text: `pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_feline_dental_diet_2026-07-22.txt` (Europe PMC first-hand abstracts, pulled 2026-07-22).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":347,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}