Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:15:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2009 - Marcela Vieira Duboc.pdf: 1587755 bytes, checksum: 20b2378af41ba72c71c757ec0bd3dcb3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-19 / Veterinary dentistry has been presenting expressive development in the past years, but it s still significant that the number of routine consultations, in which the oral cavity clinical examination is not carried out in the patient. The unfamiliarity with the subject importance on the part of the owners, is another factor that complicates the preventive measures adoption and that contributes for elevating the incidence of the periodontal disease, a common illness in dogs and cats which can present local alterations with impact in several organs and tissues. Daily tooth brushing is to better form of prevent the periodontal disease. The objective of this study is to determine the dog and cat tooth brushing feasibility and identify the factors that influence in the achievement of that procedure. The study was carried out with 120 owners, which interfere in the dog and cat tooth brushing practice the interviews where evaluated by quail-quantitative analysis, as a qualitative method it was used the Collective Subject Discourse methodology and the quantitative data were expressed in Arithmetical average and percentage. It was observed that 72.5% of the interviewed holders do not carry out their dog or cat tooth brush. The most frequent justifications were that the animal does not allow it (20.9%), lack of interest in the achievement of the procedure (14%), owner s lack of time (11.6%) and owner does not find necessary to carry out the brush (8.5%). Among the interviewed holders only 4% related to do dog or cat tooth brush daily. Many researches related to periodontal disease have been carried out focusing in etiopathogenesis, in the clinical and in the surgical practice, related to the disease, but the works scarcely focus on the orientation and sensitization of the holders for the importance of the brush practice. In the clinical practice it becomes necessary to include the holder in the epidemiological triad of periodontal disease, condition required for the adoption of new postures related to the prevention, reducing and restorative interventions. / A odontologia veterin?ria vem apresentando expressivo desenvolvimento nos ?ltimos anos, mas ainda ? significativo o n?mero de consultas veterin?rias de rotina em que n?o se realiza o exame cl?nico da cavidade oral do paciente. O desconhecimento da import?ncia do tema, por parte dos propriet?rios, ? outro fator que dificulta a ado??o de medidas preventivas e contribui para elevar a incid?ncia da doen?a periodontal, enfermidade comum em c?es e gatos, a qual pode apresentar altera??es locais com impacto em v?rios ?rg?os e tecidos. Escova??o di?ria dos dentes ? a melhor forma de prevenir a doen?a periodontal. O objetivo deste trabalho ? determinar a exeq?ibilidade da escova??o de dentes em c?es e gatos e identificar os fatores que influenciam na realiza??o desse procedimento. O trabalho foi realizado com 120 propriet?rios, os quais foram entrevistados para relatos de fatores que interferem na pr?tica di?ria de escova??o dos dentes de c?es e gatos. As entrevistas foram avaliadas por an?lise quali-quantitativa; como m?todo qualitativo utilizou-se o discurso do sujeito coletivo e os dados quantitativos foram expressos em m?dia aritm?tica e percentual. Observou-se que 72,5% dos entrevistados n?o realizam a escova??o dos dentes de seu c?o ou gato. As justificativas mais freq?entes foram que o animal n?o permite (20,9%), falta de interesse para a realiza??o do procedimento (14%), falta de tempo do propriet?rio (11,6%) e propriet?rio n?o acha necess?rio realizar a escova??o (8,5%). Dentre os propriet?rios entrevistados, apenas 4% relataram fazer a escova??o dental diariamente. Muitas pesquisas relacionadas ? doen?a periodontal t?m sido realizadas com enfoque na etiopatogenia, na cl?nica e na cirurgia, relacionadas ? afec??o, mas s?o escassos os trabalhos voltados ? orienta??o e sensibiliza??o dos propriet?rios para a import?ncia da pr?tica da escova??o. Na pr?tica cl?nica, torna-se necess?rio incluir o propriet?rio na tr?ade epidemiol?gica da doen?a periodontal, condi??o necess?ria para a ado??o de novas posturas no que se refere ? preven??o, reduzindo a necessidade de interven??es restauradoras.