{"id":543,"date":"2023-02-23T01:30:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T01:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/?p=543"},"modified":"2024-06-18T07:36:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T07:36:50","slug":"bearded-dragon-dental-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/23\/bearded-dragon-dental-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Bearded dragon dental disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text]<!-- divi:media-text {\"mediaId\":54,\"mediaLink\":\"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/bearded-dragon-2\/\",\"mediaType\":\"image\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bearded-dragon-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>Bearded dragons have a permanent set of teeth (unlike many other reptile species, which can shed and replace their teeth throughout their lives). This predisposes beardies to dental disease, including tartar accumulation, gingivitis and if left untreated, osteomyelitis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>A recent study identified a few risk factors associated with dental disease in beardies, including increasing age, concurrent disease and presence of fruit in the diet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/divi:media-text -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>Further reading:<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>Mott R, Pellett S, Hedley J. Prevalence and risk factors for dental disease in captive Central bearded dragons (<em>Pogona vitticeps<\/em>) in the United Kingdom.&nbsp;<em>J Exot Pet Med<\/em>. 2021;36:1-7.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1557506320301312#:~:text=The%20prevalence%20of%20dental%20abnormalities%20and%20disease%20was%2050%25%20in,of%20dental%20abnormalities%20and%20disease.\">Prevalence and risk factors for dental disease in captive Central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) in the United Kingdom &#8211; ScienceDirect<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bearded dragons have a permanent set of teeth (unlike many other reptile species, which can shed and replace their teeth throughout their lives). This predisposes beardies to dental disease, including tartar accumulation, gingivitis and if left untreated, osteomyelitis.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:media-text {\"mediaId\":54,\"mediaLink\":\"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/bearded-dragon-2\/\",\"mediaType\":\"image\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img src=\"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bearded-dragon-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bearded dragons have a permanent set of teeth (unlike many other reptile species, which can shed and replace their teeth throughout their lives). This predisposes beardies to dental disease, including tartar accumulation, gingivitis and if left untreated, osteomyelitis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A recent study identified a few risk factors associated with dental disease in beardies, including increasing age, concurrent disease and presence of fruit in the diet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:media-text -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Further reading:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mott R, Pellett S, Hedley J. Prevalence and risk factors for dental disease in captive Central bearded dragons (<em>Pogona vitticeps<\/em>) in the United Kingdom.&nbsp;<em>J Exot Pet Med<\/em>. 2021;36:1-7.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1557506320301312#:~:text=The%20prevalence%20of%20dental%20abnormalities%20and%20disease%20was%2050%25%20in,of%20dental%20abnormalities%20and%20disease.\">Prevalence and risk factors for dental disease in captive Central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) in the United Kingdom - ScienceDirect<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[23,27,32],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4291,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions\/4291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}