Dave Curtis Webboard User Reg: 07-11-2001
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Hi Nancy,
This is sort of my profession, that of teeth, in humans and the tooth will become brittle with time. I would follow the recommendation to file it as short as practical. My SAR dog broke his maxillary right canine off and I had it removed. No problems with any scenting issues. He also trained in personal protection and was back biting 10 days after the extraction. Keep and eye on it if you leave it "long". Because there is now no nerve in the tooth it will not bother as it starts to chip off. If you see this, file it down some more. This shuld delay/prevent a large fracture below the gingival which will then require extraction of a now brittle tooth. Best of luck.
Yes, I think one thing I would have done differently is ask the vet to not make the decision concerning the root canal vs extraction until AFTER the x-rays are done (while dog is on table sedated - and have me there to concur)
In our case the pulp cavity was very large and what was left was not really crownable. In retrospect, I think extraction may have been the better option- but it does carry those risks - but I guess they are preventable --
The vet does not recommend filing down the tooth, (and does work on many patrol dogs) but I really did not know how enjoyable tug would be now that the tooth is "repaired" -
I am inspecting every day and will look for cracks, etc. and deal with right away if they happen.
The take home (since broken teeth are MUCH more common than I thought is to know and weight the options in advance because once the tooth is broken you can't just sit around for weeks doing research)
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Re: AFTER the root canal
[Re: Nancy Jocoy ]
#91393 - 12/06/2005 09:53 PM 
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