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This
week did not start well, I discovered last Sunday that Chesney had broken a
tooth. It wasn't just cracked, nearly
half of one side of one of his front incisors was gone! He won't let me take a photo for you
though. It wasn't that new either, I
don't check his teeth that regularly.
Basil's I look at every few days because he can get things stuck between
his but Chesney has such big gaps because of his age that I don't look very
often.
I
guess he could have broken it a week to 10 days before as that is probably the
last time I looked. I really don't know
how he could have done it either, he must have seriously knocked it or bitten
on something he shouldn't.
Chesney
wasn't really showing any of the signs that I wrote about in my blog a while
ago about teeth. He was eating fairly normally, he has always
dropped food as he eats because he tries to stuff as much in his mouth as
possible at a time. He goes back and
clears up afterwards.
Obviously
I called the vet, as Ches didn't seem to be in any pain and I could see no
swelling or infection I waited until Monday morning. The vet came at lunchtime and Chesney was
really good, he didn't need sedating which was good news too. The vet agreed he could have done it up to 2
weeks before as the gum had started to grow across the gap. After having a really good look, flushing it
out and prodding to check there was no pain, we decided he didn't need an
x-ray. He has also not had to have any
antibiotics although I am keeping an eye on it.
It doesn't seem to have damaged the tooth into the pulp cavity which is
where the nerves and sensitive bits are.
At
his age I am really hoping he isn't going to need further work and that he can
just live with it and the vet didn't think this would be a problem. I am just going to have to watch more
carefully and I am now checking all of their teeth every couple of days - it is
good practise for Tommy too :)
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