Oral inflammation is a nonspecific indication of pathology and does not signify whether a patient has stomatitis as a result of an incompetent immune response or an exuberant response to stimulation.
Related Article: Oral Inflammation in Cats
The incidence of stomatitis within the general population of cats, while variable, is generally considered to be low.1
Given the much higher incidence of periodontal disease and resorptive lesions recognized today in the pet population, all causes of oral inflammation should be ruled out or treated until chronically inflamed oral tissues cannot be attributed to a pathology other than stomatitis.