Dental problem (pictures in gallery)

Re: Dental problem (pictures in gallery)

Holly Lee — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:00:45 GMT

Thanks everyone, happier extracting now I'm not worried about anything sinister underlying!

Re: Dental problem (pictures in gallery)

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:01:23 GMT

Caries.

Maybe started when these teeth were freshly erupted.

Might be some sort of genetic disposition or congenital defect in emamel, who knows?

Or might reflect what he was chomping.

Extract, obviously. Not difficult.

Re: Dental problem (pictures in gallery)

sophia guymer — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:50:05 GMT

My own Patterdale had two Molars like that when he was about that age. No idea why, rest of his teeth were sparkly, I don't know what his diet was for the first 5yrs of his life. I had him on dried food and the odd (recreational) bone to keep his teeth clean, as I did at the time.

The molars were extracted and he lived till last july when he was pts'ed at the age of 16yr. (and yes, it was quite a job to remove them, as mentioned, there was nothing wrong with the roots)

Re: Dental problem (pictures in gallery)

PATRICK MARSHALL — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:01:28 GMT

Looks like "caries" to me. I have usually seen it in labs and gsd's where I have most often seen it affect M1 in the maxilla.

Extraction is the only viable remedy as far as I am aware. Beware of the fact that there is usually little periodontal disease so the roots are usually healthy and therefore can be more challenging to remove.

Paddy Marshall

Re: Dental problem (pictures in gallery)

Hannah Wynne Richards — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:09:14 GMT

I've occasionally seen this sort of thing, but haven't a clue what causes it

Wynne