Canine carnassial (108) - unusual lesion

RE: Canine carnassial (108) - unusual lesion

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 23:38:10 GMT

[quote userid="19511" url="~/001/veterinary-clinical/small-animal/dentistry/f/expert-help/30540/canine-carnassial-108---unusual-lesion/240510#240510"]Following the procedure I was reviewing the dogs history as he had come from another vets and that tooth was marked as having been extracted in 2018[/quote]

That sounds weird,but sometimes its best to not fret about what may or may not have been done in 2018 but treat what you've got now.

I really think from the pictures I'd be doing something on the lines I suggested. If there's a money problem , I'd do it cheap or free. I can see that might be a problem if you're not the boss and the boss is a tightwad.

RE: Canine carnassial (108) - unusual lesion

Seamus McManus — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 22:08:55 GMT

I can see if can get the actual images and post them here, it was just on the fly on the way to something else after the procedure. This was a very financially limited case and so we took out the remaining teeth that were there (probably at a loss!) and as I was uncertain about this I decided I would seek advice and then provide the owner with the option of following up based on that advice.

Following the procedure I was reviewing the dogs history as he had come from another vets and that tooth was marked as having been extracted in 2018

RE: Canine carnassial (108) - unusual lesion

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 20:26:24 GMT

I know it's difficult getting images in the middle of a procedure, but I find it quite hard to say with any certainty what's going on. If you could let us have the actual radiographs it could be helpful.

However I think your interpretation is probably correct. The tooth has been resorbing and what's left of it is buried in granulation tissue.

As it's all clearly so inflamed, I think probably I would have opened it up, removed all detectable hard tissue and maybe some granulation tissue too and sutured it closed with a flap as nicely as possible. What did you do? I'm not asking in order to criticise, I'm interested.