Anyone Had Experience with This? Snickers has one loose back tooth and lately has been moving his jaw in an odd way. Almost like his bottom jaw vibrates when he opens and closes his mouth. My vet said this indicates pain and said we should get the tooth exrayed and possibly extracted if there is an abcess. I hate to put Snickers under anesthesia unless it's absolutely necessary. All his other teeth are clean and white, and he has never needed a dental. Has anyone else noticed their yorkie doing this odd movement with their mouth? I trust my vet, but I'm not gonna rush in and put my poor baby through this until I'm sure. Thanks! |
I have not had any experience this way, but I would have the xray done and if it is an abscess, definitely have the tooth extracted. Pain and infection, which can affect the body's vital organs and systems, are far worse than the risk of anesthesia. If extraction is necessary, have the pre-anesthesia blood panel done. Best wishes to your little one. |
I would absolutely listen to the vet! Dental problems can lead to renal and cardiac problems. Anesthesia related deaths are extremely rare ... health problems from dental disease are sadly very common. You really need to weigh the risk vs benefit. |
Anesthesia is very safe. My dog Daisy broke a tooth a few months ago and had to undergo a dental and she is high risk. She too had great teeth except for the one fracture but it had to be done to make sure that bone did not get infected or worse. Please listen to your vet's advice. |
I posted yesterday and now I don't see my response maybe I didn't hit submit???? Anyway, I agree with everyone else. Please allow the vet to take care of the tooth. He's in pain |
Thank you all for your replies. I'm planning on calling the vet today and scheduling the X-ray. We'll go from there. If he's in pain, the tooth must come out. I'm just nervous anytime one of the them has to undergo anesthesia, but as you said, the benefits sometimes outweigh the risks. |
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Dental xrays are taken when the dog is under anesthesia. As I said, I was very nervous with my high risk 10-year old dog Daisy recently when she broke a tooth. I paid extra for an anesthesia consult at a hospital so I could really make sure she was ok. At the end of the day, they induced with propofol and maintained on isoflurane -- a very safe protocol used in small dogs all the time. The risk of anesthetic death, I was recently told, is less than 1% of 1%. You have a greater chance of being hit by lightening, bitten by a shark, having a car accident, etc so put the risk into perspective. Your dog is in pain, it must feel lousy. I'm glad you are scheduling the appointment for him :) |
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I'll update tomorrow and let you all know how it went. Thanks again. |
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Thank you, ladies! Your thoughts and prayers are so appreciated. :) |
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Great, I'll be looking for an update. It's normal to be anxious but things should go very smoothly and you'll have a happy furbutt when it's over. Plus, a nice clean mouth!:) |
Update on Snickers - We brought him in at 9:30AM, and we got a call at 10:30 that the tooth was out and Snickers was awake. Such a relief!!! The vet decided against removing the cyst because it was so small and he didn't want to put him through the extra trauma. I love my vet. He took time with us and explained everything, did the post-op bloodwork, talked about the anesthesia. He really put my mind at ease. But of course I was still worried. We'll be bringing him home this afternoon sometime. I can't wait to pamper him. :) Thank you all for your advice and support. :) |
Excellent news! Glad the worrying is over for you and that Snickers will be home today. |
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