I have an 8 month old Pit Named Roxy. She's still in her puppy phase
and gets a little out of hand sometimes. Today when I was playing with
her she did this little puppy spazz out thing and did a faceplant right
into a tempered glass coffee table. She didn't yelp, just kinda sat
down and twisted her face up for a second, then started licking her
tongue out. I checked her jaw and head and nothing was terribly wrong
except she has a broken tooth in the very front. It was a little bloody
and appeared to be cracked all the way up to the gumline.
I was going to take her to the Emergency Vet Clinic, but I was told
they can't do much for dental problems. Does anyone have any advice for
me or at least some input to ease my mind? I am worried sick about her
and can't take her to her normal DR. Till tomorrow.

Thanks,
Kate

"KateMossberg" wrote in message
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I have an 8 month old Pit Named Roxy. She's still in her puppy phase
and gets a little out of hand sometimes. Today when I was playing with
her she did this little puppy spazz out thing and did a faceplant right
into a tempered glass coffee table. She didn't yelp, just kinda sat
down and twisted her face up for a second, then started licking her
tongue out. I checked her jaw and head and nothing was terribly wrong
except she has a broken tooth in the very front. It was a little bloody
and appeared to be cracked all the way up to the gumline.
I was going to take her to the Emergency Vet Clinic, but I was told
they can't do much for dental problems. Does anyone have any advice for
me or at least some input to ease my mind? I am worried sick about her
and can't take her to her normal DR. Till tomorrow.



See your regular veterinarian tomorrow- they will either treat ot of refer
you to a veterinary dentist.
They can do amazing things with teeth nowadays.



--
Toni
http://www.cearbhaill.com/rules.htm

"Toni" wrote in message
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See your regular veterinarian tomorrow- they will either treat ot of refer
you to a veterinary dentist.
They can do amazing things with teeth nowadays.

I second this advice. Do this as soon as you can to prevent a deep infection
from taking hold.

It is amazing what they can do with canine dentistry. My Finn (RIP) had to
have root canal on one of his lower canine teeth before he could have hip
surgery. I always wished I'd had them put a gold cap on the tooth.

Ok, not really, but I do LOVE the image :-)

Tara

On Sun, 9 Jul 2006 12:58:31 -0400, "Toni" wrote:

"KateMossberg" wrote in message
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I have an 8 month old Pit Named Roxy. She's still in her puppy phase
and gets a little out of hand sometimes. Today when I was playing with
her she did this little puppy spazz out thing and did a faceplant right
into a tempered glass coffee table. She didn't yelp, just kinda sat
down and twisted her face up for a second, then started licking her
tongue out. I checked her jaw and head and nothing was terribly wrong
except she has a broken tooth in the very front. It was a little bloody
and appeared to be cracked all the way up to the gumline.
I was going to take her to the Emergency Vet Clinic, but I was told
they can't do much for dental problems. Does anyone have any advice for
me or at least some input to ease my mind? I am worried sick about her
and can't take her to her normal DR. Till tomorrow.



See your regular veterinarian tomorrow- they will either treat ot of refer
you to a veterinary dentist.

To ease your mind in the meantime, dogs get cracked teeth all the time
and can recover well even if the tooth has to be removed. One of my
dogs came from the shelter with a cracked canine that had apparently
been that way for a long time that nobody even noticed until I took
her in to my vet for an all over check and he saw it. She eats fine
and shows no signs of pain. The bigger problem is that if it is
cracked to the gumline, it could be a way for infection to get in
which would be a much bigger health concern. So make sure you take
her in to the vet tomorrow, but don't stay up all night worrying,
either. She'll need to be looked at but the vet or vet dentist should
be able to fix the problem without too much trouble and good long term
prognosis.

--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay

KateMossberg wrote:

I have an 8 month old Pit Named Roxy. She's still in her puppy phase
and gets a little out of hand sometimes. Today when I was playing with
her she did this little puppy spazz out thing and did a faceplant right
into a tempered glass coffee table. She didn't yelp, just kinda sat
down and twisted her face up for a second, then started licking her
tongue out. I checked her jaw and head and nothing was terribly wrong
except she has a broken tooth in the very front. It was a little bloody
and appeared to be cracked all the way up to the gumline.
I was going to take her to the Emergency Vet Clinic, but I was told
they can't do much for dental problems. Does anyone have any advice for
me or at least some input to ease my mind? I am worried sick about her
and can't take her to her normal DR. Till tomorrow.

Thanks,
Kate

One of my dogs cracked several teeth (slab fractures) and we simply had
our vet pull them, rather than risk them becoming inflammed/infected.
She never had any problems with her bite and was able to eat normally.

Flip

"KateMossberg" wrote in message
ups.com...
I have an 8 month old Pit Named Roxy. She's still in her puppy phase
and gets a little out of hand sometimes. Today when I was playing with
her she did this little puppy spazz out thing and did a faceplant right
into a tempered glass coffee table. She didn't yelp, just kinda sat
down and twisted her face up for a second, then started licking her
tongue out. I checked her jaw and head and nothing was terribly wrong
except she has a broken tooth in the very front. It was a little bloody
and appeared to be cracked all the way up to the gumline.
I was going to take her to the Emergency Vet Clinic, but I was told
they can't do much for dental problems. Does anyone have any advice for
me or at least some input to ease my mind? I am worried sick about her
and can't take her to her normal DR. Till tomorrow.

Thanks,
Kate


I had a puppy that broke her canine off by opening her crate door - tooth
got stuck in the latch, snapped right off close to the gum line - that was
the last time we thought it was "cute" for her to try to open her door. It
was a puppy tooth, so the vet decided to do nothing. She spent the night
with her head on an ice pack, no other problems, it came out just as a
normal puppy tooth would and her adult tooth grew in fine.

Sue and Atty

I took her to her regular vet today and they scheduled an extraction
for tomorrow bright and early, till then they gave me some pills for
her pain. I think everything is going to work out just fine, except the
dent in my wallet, but it's ok, shes part of the family!

Thanks everyone for your advice!
Kate