Jill just had a dental
And everything went well. We do follow our own advice :B She's getting up in years and hasn't had a cleaning since we've had her (4 years). I did find a slab fracture on her left upper carnasial ...
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Pretty much what it sounds like. Most commonly happens on that big upper premolar, usually from chewing on hard objects (bones, nylabones, rocks :B). The force of chewing caused part of the tooth to break off, usually the outer surface. They can be pretty minor to complicated that break off a big enough slab of tooth to expose the pulp cavity.
It seems to happen more frequently as dogs get older, the tooth probably becomes more brittle with age.
It seems to happen more frequently as dogs get older, the tooth probably becomes more brittle with age.
