Brady's gum is healing nicely and he is doing well after having his tooth extracted.
He is feeling well and doing his normal activities.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Brady's tooth extraction
On Monday morning, March 22nd, Brady and I were off to the vet to have his tooth looked at.
Since Dr. Slayman was already performing surgery on other patients that morning, Dr. Peace took a look at his tooth. It was evident that there was an abscess and the tooth needed to be extracted. Dr. Peace gave Brady an injection to 'make him happy' while we waited.
Shortly thereafter, he was taken away to have the procedure done by Dr. Slayman. The extraction went well, though unfortunately, there was a bit of bad news. Note: the carnassial tooth is very large and has three root tips. The tooth must be broken in half to be removed. When Dr. Slayman was removing the healthy part of the tooth, two of the root tips broke off and were left in his gum. The good news is that those 2 root tips were healthy, so leaving them in the gum shouldn't cause any problems. The infected part of the tooth and the infected root tip came out with any trouble at all. Dr. Slayman advised me to keep an eye on his face for signs of infection just in case; but ultimately did not anticipate any problems to develop.
The extraction site was left open, not sutured, to allow for drainage. Brady will be on an antibiotic, Clindamycin, 150mg, twice daily, for 10 days.
Since Dr. Slayman was already performing surgery on other patients that morning, Dr. Peace took a look at his tooth. It was evident that there was an abscess and the tooth needed to be extracted. Dr. Peace gave Brady an injection to 'make him happy' while we waited.
Shortly thereafter, he was taken away to have the procedure done by Dr. Slayman. The extraction went well, though unfortunately, there was a bit of bad news. Note: the carnassial tooth is very large and has three root tips. The tooth must be broken in half to be removed. When Dr. Slayman was removing the healthy part of the tooth, two of the root tips broke off and were left in his gum. The good news is that those 2 root tips were healthy, so leaving them in the gum shouldn't cause any problems. The infected part of the tooth and the infected root tip came out with any trouble at all. Dr. Slayman advised me to keep an eye on his face for signs of infection just in case; but ultimately did not anticipate any problems to develop.
The extraction site was left open, not sutured, to allow for drainage. Brady will be on an antibiotic, Clindamycin, 150mg, twice daily, for 10 days.
Brady's swollen cheek
On Friday night, March 19th, I noticed that the right side of Brady's face was swollen. Although he was eating just fine, playing as normal, and didn't seem to be in any pain, something was clearly going on. After looking inside his mouth, I discovered that the right upper carnassial (4th premolar) tooth was more than likely the culprit. The gum line above the tooth was inflamed and would bleed a little with gentle pressure on the gum.
I called the vet's office the following Saturday morning and at Dr. Slayman's recommendation, I decided to wait until Monday morning to bring Brady in. It was evident that it wasn't bothering him at the time and so it wasn't considered an emergency. If the tooth needed to be extracted, then waiting until Monday morning shouldn't be a problem.
I called the vet's office the following Saturday morning and at Dr. Slayman's recommendation, I decided to wait until Monday morning to bring Brady in. It was evident that it wasn't bothering him at the time and so it wasn't considered an emergency. If the tooth needed to be extracted, then waiting until Monday morning shouldn't be a problem.
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