Talk:Gingivitis

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This article appears to have been taken directly from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001056.htm, with the word order and diction just changed around ever-so-slightly. Kinda like plagiarism.

U.S. government sources are public domain. cprompt 23:58, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Is there a connection between viscous saliva and gum disease?

[edit] Autoimmuine Gingivitis

Someone should add autoimmune gingivitis to this article. This type of gingivitis exists in cats. Wkr, M.

I haven't heard of it, but that is not surprising since I am not a vet! :-P We need someone with that knowledge to write an article on it. Coincidentally, there are many periodontal manifestations of systemic disease in humans, though I am not so certain that is similar to what you are referring to in cats. - Dozenist talk 18:04, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Dear M., what you are talking about is called the "Feline Gingivitis/Stomatitis/Pharyngitis Complex". Its precise etiology seems to be unknown. I wrote a German article about it in de.wikipedia.org. You can find it here. Maybe somebody feels like translating/modifying it to/for English? Cheers! -- 80.123.36.165 16:29, 12 September 2006 (UTC)