Hello,
As some of you may know I have a wild bunny, whom I found injured in the road on Easter Sunday last year. He has been treated by the Vet and due to his accident his front and back teeth are misaligned on one side of his face.
Harvey has to have regular dentals to have his molars and incisors trimmed. A while ago it was suggested that we remove Harveys front teeth. My Vet is slightly sceptical about this as she thinks that his teeth problems are due to the fact that his jaw was knocked, which in turn has caused his front teeth to misalign and not the other way around.
Next time Harv has to have his molars done he will have an x-ray so that
we can see exactly how his teeth/roots are positioned.
However, last wk we took Harvey to have his front teeth burred and the Vet moved his jaw back into the correct place with her hand and all his teeth lined up perfectly. This leads us to believe that his jaw was knocked on one side which has resulted in all his teeth problems.
My question is- Is there anything that can be done to realign a wonky jaw?
Any kind of operation that could possibly correct his jaw? It is only one side that is out of line. Even if I had to take Harv miles away to a specialist, I would, if I knew it would rectify all his problems.
Any advice, much appreciated,
Nicola and Harvey xxx
As some of you may know I have a wild bunny, whom I found injured in the road on Easter Sunday last year. He has been treated by the Vet and due to his accident his front and back teeth are misaligned on one side of his face.
Harvey has to have regular dentals to have his molars and incisors trimmed. A while ago it was suggested that we remove Harveys front teeth. My Vet is slightly sceptical about this as she thinks that his teeth problems are due to the fact that his jaw was knocked, which in turn has caused his front teeth to misalign and not the other way around.
Next time Harv has to have his molars done he will have an x-ray so that
we can see exactly how his teeth/roots are positioned.
However, last wk we took Harvey to have his front teeth burred and the Vet moved his jaw back into the correct place with her hand and all his teeth lined up perfectly. This leads us to believe that his jaw was knocked on one side which has resulted in all his teeth problems.
My question is- Is there anything that can be done to realign a wonky jaw?
Any kind of operation that could possibly correct his jaw? It is only one side that is out of line. Even if I had to take Harv miles away to a specialist, I would, if I knew it would rectify all his problems.
Any advice, much appreciated,
Nicola and Harvey xxx