Cat teeth woes!

SillyMangoX

Cream has been struck down by the dreaded gingivitis yet again! He was in the vets last Friday for antibiotics, worst I've ever seen him. He went in yesterday for a dental and they said the gingivitis was spread right up to his roots
He just seems very prone to it, his first dental was done at two and the vet commented it's rare to come up that young unless there's a generic component involved.
Now that we're starting from a fresh slate again after being cleaned - is there anything I can do to help stop this coming up again? My own research is leading to raw diet but I just wouldn't realistically be able to do this with living at home and having the three meowing mouths to feed!
At the moment he's on applaws dry (chicken with lamb right now which they are loving!) which they get morning and night, and a wet food meal in the evenings which is either Cosma (zooplus), Real Nature wilderness or Moments (Maxi Zoo) all of which I would consider to be really good high meat content foods. This is also supplemented with either salmon oil or a skin and coat oil. Raw treats every now and again when he's mooching around while I cook or if I be cheeky and ask the butcher for a heart!
I tried a plaque spray that you put in the food but saw no difference at all. Would Plaque Off or something similar be of benefit, has anyone had success using these? Or any other suggestions! Willing to try anything at this stage.. would be so much easier if he was a dog and would chew on toys!!

maggiepip

My sister has had great success using plaque off with her cats, aside from that I can't think of any other advice.
One of my cats ended up having to get all her back teeth removed, top and bottom, a few months ago due to this, she recovered great and can still eat kibble!

Nody

See if your local butcher can source you chicken necks; the bones in it are soft enough that a cat can easily crunch it but it should help keep the teeth cleaner and a neck every second day as part of the evening meal for them to crunch on basically.