[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Broken teeth
- From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
- To: ducksavsfan@xxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 21:49:56 EDT
In a message dated 5/13/2007 9:12:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ducksavsfan@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Of what's left of the teeth, one is broken in half all the way to the base
of the root and the other is broken down to the root. I asked about a root
canal or crown, but the vet said beyond the expense, the science isn't
perfected with dogs and probably wouldn't help.
Hmmmmmmm......it's been over 10 years now and I had a root canal done on an
old man who broke a canine, so YES the science certainly has been perfected
for quite some time. (Shame on your vet for not knowing!)
Was it worth the recovery (hard on the dog) and the expense? Probably not.
At the time, I was made to feel like a bad mom though and got talked into it.
Dogs' teeth have a tendency to more or less seal over (think of how we file
horses' teeth), and as long as you check routinely during healing for an
abscess developing from infection in the pulp, in which case you absolutely
WOULD
have to have the tooth removed, I'd leave it alone. I have an oldish gal
here now who chipped two teeth years ago playing with a hard (very!) plastic
ball and another who chipped a canine trying to get out of a pen...come to
think
of it another gal I co-own has a chipped tooth and one I leased has a broken
canine (again from arguing with a pen!), and none of them has ever had a day
of trouble.
Now, if they were removed, would I show her...no. I don't think you'll get
most judges to read a vet's statement....sorry.
I'd give it a few days and see how your gal handles it. If the teeth don't
bother her and there's no sign of infection, leave well enough alone. You
can always have them removed, but waiting a bit won't hurt anything. Good
luck:)
Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC
three generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions live here!
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