The most common problem I see in dogs and cats is dental disease. This is not that surprising, really, as very few of my patients brush their teeth. If you didn’t brush your teeth for eight years, what do you think they would look like? Usually, what I see on a physical examination is plaque and calculus. (Yellow or brown gunk that are really bacterial cesspools adhered to the teeth.) Often, I also see gingivitis, a thin, red stripe on the gum line that indicates inflammation