A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}
Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay t...
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dturm wrote:
The good news is that once these teeth abscess, the attachment to the bone is much less so the trauma from "digging" out the tooth and roots is much easier on them. This is usually the tooth that has three roots and the only thing keeping them in the mouth is the fact that there are three roots (think a stool with 3 legs or a tripod). When the tooth is split, it falls out.
It is the tooth with the 3 roots. She had the same thing happen on the other side of her mouth 7 years ago. I just worry because she is 2 months shy of her 16th birthday so she is no spring chicken (even though she still acts like one). I worry about her being put to sleep for the procedure. She is scheduled for surgery around 10:30am this morning.
