The 2025 FelineVMA Feline Oral Health and Dental Care Guidelines (published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery) are a comprehensive, evidence-based resource from a Task Force of board-certified dental specialists and a veterinary-technician dental specialist. They note that Oral and dental diseases are among the most common health problems in cats, yet are often missed.
The guidelines promote a team-based approach and continuum of care principles, emphasizing that individualized dental decisions depend on patient needs, caregiver goals, and available resources, and that caregivers should take an active role in home dental care. They equip veterinary professionals with practical, evidence-based recommendations to diagnose and manage these diseases early, covering patient assessment, anesthesia/analgesia, surgical care, tooth extraction considerations, postoperative support, and nutritional support.
Pet-food relevance is direct: the guidelines explicitly include Nutritional support in the dental-care workflow, linking oral disease management to feeding. Written in paraphrase mode (AAFP/FelineVMA SAGE copyrighted); exact guideline title, the common-disease statement, and the evidence-based-recommendations wording are anchored verbatim.
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2025 FelineVMA Feline Oral Health and Dental Care GuidelinesOral and dental diseases are among the most common health problems in cats, yet they’re often unrecognizedthese Guidelines bring together the latest knowledge and expert consensus on feline oral healthequip veterinary professionals with practical, evidence-based recommendations to diagnose and manage these diseases earlycontinuum of care principles