I posted a couple of days ago that I had noticed a few little signs that Sooty needed another dental so my vet had a advised me to just bring him straight in for a dental early friday morning without bothering a consultation first, so that was what I did.
When I went to pick him up yesterday afternoon the vet said that it had been a little different this time as his actual teeth were quite good he just had one tiny spur, but on another tooth he had a small root abcess! on hearing this I when into worry/panic/guilt mode and I must admit did not fully hear what was said for the next few minutes after this.
I think he said somthing about his tooth being a bit wobbly and this causing an abcess underneath it, i've been given some baytrill, and he was talking about he had got rid of somthing which I assumed was the abcess but since coming out now im wondering if he meant the tooth?? can you take out one of the molars? I didn't think you could... He also mentioned about filling a tooth down to the gumline but after coming out im not sure what tooth he was talkin about.. I'm going back for a check up next week so obviously I find out exactly what has been done then but until then does anybody have any idea what it sounds like has been done? I have no experiance of abcesses so dont know what type of thing can be done..
I feel so guilty that he must of been in pain, but you never would of known he was still binkying round like mad and pestering for food and treats! I'm so glad I got him to the vets when I did but feel awful thinking I should of got him there sooner.. Any advice from people who know about root abcesses is appreciated as I know very little.
When I went to pick him up yesterday afternoon the vet said that it had been a little different this time as his actual teeth were quite good he just had one tiny spur, but on another tooth he had a small root abcess! on hearing this I when into worry/panic/guilt mode and I must admit did not fully hear what was said for the next few minutes after this.
I think he said somthing about his tooth being a bit wobbly and this causing an abcess underneath it, i've been given some baytrill, and he was talking about he had got rid of somthing which I assumed was the abcess but since coming out now im wondering if he meant the tooth?? can you take out one of the molars? I didn't think you could... He also mentioned about filling a tooth down to the gumline but after coming out im not sure what tooth he was talkin about.. I'm going back for a check up next week so obviously I find out exactly what has been done then but until then does anybody have any idea what it sounds like has been done? I have no experiance of abcesses so dont know what type of thing can be done..
I feel so guilty that he must of been in pain, but you never would of known he was still binkying round like mad and pestering for food and treats! I'm so glad I got him to the vets when I did but feel awful thinking I should of got him there sooner.. Any advice from people who know about root abcesses is appreciated as I know very little.
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