Teeth problems

Hello. I'm really worried about my rabbit Sam. He's a dental bunny. Sam's almost 2 years old.
Recently I noticed he was making a squeaky noise while eating. I took him to our vet, he had a dental under GA. Vet said it wasn't anything too bad, just some little spurs.
He seemed to be doing pretty well, but after a week he started making those squeaky noises again. I took him back to the vet. He examined his teeth under sedation and found a loose tooth.
Sam had a second GA to remove his loose tooth. Took him home and again he recovered just fine. But after 3 days started making those squeaky noises again.
His tooth was removed on his right side, upper jaw. Right now he's not eating as he should. He only uses his left side to chew and it seems his right side is quite painful for him. He drops food out of that side sometimes.
Vet is confused and has no idea what could be wrong with him. He said that there's definetely no spurs left. The tooth he removed wasn't infected, no abbcess, no ulcers in his mouth either. No lumps, no swelling, nothing. It's quite strange. It's been only one week since his last GA, so I'm quite worried about doing another one so soon.
I can't take him to another vet, because there's no other vets who would take rabbits seriously. What should I do to help him? Any advice? Thanks in advance.

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Sorry you have problems with your bunny. I have no words of wisdom just bumping this up for you and hope that you can sort his problem out.

I'm sorry to hear about Sam. Despite having a dental bun with squeaky teeth too I don't really have much to offer. I'm wondering if the problems on his right hand side are because its still really early days for something as big as a tooth extraction for a bunny. I'd be tempted to syringe feed for a while so he has more recovery time. My vet is very knowledgeable about rabbits but didn't have a lot to say about the squeaking (she didn't hear it herself) . Boo had her dental on tuesday (spurs burred) & the squeaking has more or less gone now - possibly the squeaking is from teeth rubbing together? I really don't know. Is he showing any signs of pain such as tooth grinding? Is he on pain relief?

Here is my bunnies(very long) thread
http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?469111-Boo-s-dental-thread-updated-24-6

Lots of vibes x

Yes, he had lots of different pain meds. Ketoprofen, then Metacam, now he's on Carprofen. Squeaky teeth is his constant problem, but after a dental it used to sort itself out.
He doesn't want to chew with his right side even with pain meds. But even when he's not getting any pain medication he seems to be pretty much the same to me. He's eating, but when food comes to his right side he just tries to spit it out or rubs it with his paw.
I was thinking maybe it's not healing properly? Abbcess or something, but he's been on different antibiotics for this whole week. He's not reacting when I touch or gently squeeze his right cheek. So it's hard to say where it actually hurts for him.
He's booked for another vet appointment on Tuesday next week. Vet will sedate him and look again. I'm really worried that he might need another dental.

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Linuxete said:

Yes, he had lots of different pain meds. Ketoprofen, then Metacam, now he's on Carprofen. Squeaky teeth is his constant problem, but after a dental it used to sort itself out.
He doesn't want to chew with his right side even with pain meds. But even when he's not getting any pain medication he seems to be pretty much the same to me. He's eating, but when food comes to his right side he just tries to spit it out or rubs it with his paw.
I was thinking maybe it's not healing properly? Abbcess or something, but he's been on different antibiotics for this whole week. He's not reacting when I touch or gently squeeze his right cheek. So it's hard to say where it actually hurts for him.
He's booked for another vet appointment on Tuesday next week. Vet will sedate him and look again. I'm really worried that he might need another dental.

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Has he had an skull radiographs taken ? Sometimes the source of Dental pain cannot be seen in the mouth itself but in the jaw bone/tooth roots.

Some further information here :

http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Dental_diseases/Differential/Rabbit_dentistry.pdf

http://www.medirabbit.com/Radiography/anatomical_lines.pdf

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/685f/6295965e01a2b2bf90b744f9c068d43bfae8.pdf

https://www.vetstream.com/treat/lapis/freeform/dental-malocclusion-overgrowth

These two links are taken from my Vet's Blog

https://www.twickenhamvets.com/rabbit-dental-problems-part-1-malocclusion-cheek-teeth/

https://www.twickenhamvets.com/rabbit-dental-problems-part-2-malocclusion-incisors/

And this is an example of skull radiographs

Linuxete said:

Yes, he had lots of different pain meds. Ketoprofen, then Metacam, now he's on Carprofen. Squeaky teeth is his constant problem, but after a dental it used to sort itself out.
He doesn't want to chew with his right side even with pain meds. But even when he's not getting any pain medication he seems to be pretty much the same to me. He's eating, but when food comes to his right side he just tries to spit it out or rubs it with his paw.
I was thinking maybe it's not healing properly? Abbcess or something, but he's been on different antibiotics for this whole week. He's not reacting when I touch or gently squeeze his right cheek. So it's hard to say where it actually hurts for him.
He's booked for another vet appointment on Tuesday next week. Vet will sedate him and look again. I'm really worried that he might need another dental.

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Sorry Linuxete, I have only just seen your thread.

This sounds very like what I experienced with one of my rabbits. The vet who did the dentals on my rabbit didn't do X-rays, but I eventually had him to a specialist and we discovered his rather unusual problems. I believe an X-ray to be essential in cases of odd dental issues.

If your vet can perhaps send the X-rays to another vet (specialist referral - you won't need to travel) then maybe you could get some answers on this one.

Abscesses don't always hurt a rabbit, but I do believe you might need someone to examine this case more closely and with a fresh pair of eyes.

I find the info in this article very useful:

http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/dental.html

He had X-rays when I took him for his first dental, but not this time. The other vet that did his first dental said his teeth looked pretty normal, just that his roots seemed to be long. Although they looked nothing like those showed in Jack's-Jane's photos.
This new vet who extracted his loose tooth said his roots looked normal. I'll ask to take X-rays again on his next appointment.
MightyMax, what kind of symptoms your rabbit had?
I would like to get other opinion on his dental issues, but like I said most vets in my country only take care of dogs and cats, there's no exotic specialists here.

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