A 2026 summary of feline dental disease management advances assesses progress in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and owner education and identifies remaining priorities for further improvement.
2026 dental disease management advances have improved welfare for cats across both prevention and treatment dimensions. Increased radiography adoption enables better disease characterisation, improved anaesthetic monitoring reduces procedural risk, and new preventive products expand options for owner compliance. The remaining priority is converting increased owner awareness into daily preventive action that prevents disease rather than treating it after it has caused suffering.