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Originally Posted by JennaPenny

Thanks, everyone. This was all extremely helpful. I knew about the type, LadyJane, but the monitoring is actually new. I mean, yes, I knew monitoring the vitals were extremely important- but I had no idea that one person only for it was the best thing.

We've found out- tentatively- that, despite them looking over her mouth thoroughly during spay, that she has two deciduous teeth, molars-and that it was a partial baby molar (most likely) that broke off. None of her adult teeth during the cursory examination were broken. At all. We definitely have a piece of broken tooth, came out of her mouth on husband's hand, but not her adult or canines. She has the exam next Friday and if she shows a molar after the exam (when she's under general anesthesia) that needs a canal we'll be going ahead and doing that at the vet dentists. The fact that the tooth after cleaning- the piece that chipped- showed that much decay when she has relatively clean teeth with only a little bit of tartar, tells the vet that she's very likely right, but obviously can't tell until the exam.

So, that's the update. Thank you so much for all of your information, it really made a difference.

That is a very important thing that should be done when any dog is under anesthesia for anything. If nothing surgical needs to be done during dentals my vet is normally the one who monitors stats. Hopefully it was just a baby tooth. Keep keeping us updated