Michael_Wise wrote 03/10/2009 09:48 PM Re: Broken Canine Tooth [Re: Sarah Ward ] #231117 - 03/10/2009 09:48 PM
Michael_Wise Webboard User Reg: 07-10-2006 Posts: 4454 Loc: Arkansas Offline	What would be the drawbacks of extracting the tooth for a police K9?
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Debbie Bruce wrote 03/10/2009 11:55 PM Re: Broken Canine Tooth [Re: Michael_Wise ] #231122 - 03/10/2009 11:55 PM
Debbie Bruce Webboard User Reg: 08-23-2007 Posts: 1196 Loc: Centralia, Missouri Offline	Quote: Michael_Wise What would be the drawbacks of extracting the tooth for a police K9? The canines are very securely anchored in the jaw and there is a good chance of breaking the jaw in the process of getting the tooth out. Not to mention that the perps would have the potential of missing out on one puncture mark/bruise.
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Michael_Wise wrote 03/11/2009 11:00 PM Re: Broken Canine Tooth [Re: Debbie Bruce ] #231173 - 03/11/2009 11:00 PM
Michael_Wise Webboard User Reg: 07-10-2006 Posts: 4454 Loc: Arkansas Offline	Quote: Debbie Bruce The canines are very securely anchored in the jaw and there is a good chance of breaking the jaw in the process of getting the tooth out. Thanks, Debbie.:smile: Did not know that.
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Natalya Zahn wrote 03/12/2009 07:42 AM Re: Broken Canine Tooth [Re: Michael_Wise ] #231181 - 03/12/2009 07:42 AM
Natalya Zahn Webboard User Reg: 12-22-2006 Posts: 1824 Loc: Cambridge, MA Offline	Quote: Debbie Bruce The canines are very securely anchored in the jaw and there is a good chance of breaking the jaw in the process of getting the tooth out. No joke! Michael, check out this x-ray image (never mind the notations) - it shows pretty clearly how the thick upper canine roots reach right up towards the top of the muzzle, along the nasal cavity. There's a LOT of anchor there, which makes sense if you think about the amount of force those particular teeth have to sustain in order to bring down prey... http://www.scielo.br/img/revistas/cr/v36n6/a46fig01.gif Here's another view, from an anatomical dentistry model (Oscar's dentists had one of these and it was pretty cool to see through the bone and into the entire teeth structures, as she was describing Oscar's root canal) - I'm going to put one of these on my x-mas list one day! Anatomical Dog Skull Model ~Natalya
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