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Dental Extractions
We may recommend removing teeth from your pet's mouth for the following reason:
* Periodontal Disease: due to disease in the mouth there is significant bone loss around the roots, possibly resulting in mobility of the tooth, which cannot be reversed.
* Broken Tooth: resulting in the pulp (nerve) of the tooth being exposed which will allow infection in and cause the tooth to abscess.
* Resorptive Lesion: in cats, a cavity like lesion in which the body absorbs the tooth (cause unknown) until the tooth is gone. A painful process as the nerve of the tooth is exposed during the process.
* Crowded teeth/Abnormal Bite/Retained Baby
Teeth: Due the structure of the mouth, teeth need to be removed to preserve the rest of the teeth or prevent soft tissue trauma inside the mouth.
What is involved with extractions?
* Complete general cleaning to remove bacteria from the mouth
* Dental radiographs (x-rays) to completely examine the tooth in question above and below the gum line. Also may be taken after the extraction to ensure the entire tooth root(s) have been removed.
* Local nerve block to freeze the area. This allows us to reduce anesthetic required for your pet during the extraction and they wake up pain free upon recovery.
* Special suture material used to close the surgery site to allow for fast healing. It is made of absorbable material that disappears as the gum tissue heals.
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