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#1 1DOBAHOLIC

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Posted 25 March 2017 - 07:57 PM

ok here we go, 6 months ago..... carnassial tooth on left upper jaw had pus bag on gum, say its abcessed, so we get it pulled paying big $$$. Prior, dog never had tooth problems, teeth are tartar free even at 10 yrs of age.  No hair line crack, vet doesn't know why it got abcessed.  Few months later a tumor appears on left side of face, below the eye, like taking a green pea and gluing it on... but it showed up real quick .... get it removed, they check it, not cancer....

Yesterday, wake up, dogs face swollen, lift up lips, pus bag on gum above carnassial tool on the "right" upper jaw.... ya gotta be kidding me.

.... I'm getting the feeling that the left tooth was not bad, nor is the right, but something else is creating this ..... the roots on these specific teeth extend up into the bone of the skull, resting just in front of animals eye (Google says) - is this coincidental, along with the pea like tumor that showed under the eye.

 

I've gotten Dixborough (Ann Arbor) mentioned to me as the place to go, or Michigan State Vet.?  I've had plenty of dobes but not with teeth issues....... Anyone with a prior history of dog teeth issues? 

 

Don't want to cough up more $, get the right side tooth pulled and then find out we got a bigger problem and it wasn't the teeth.... I need the most bang for my $ buck in finding the "root" cause. 

Any bad experiences to not got to Michigan State or Dixborough ?

 

 



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Posted 25 March 2017 - 08:10 PM

The only big tooth problem I ever had was when Mona lost one of her canines in the back of Sheba and there was adopters out here.  I guess there was the time Ghost lost one of hers in the back of Hunden.  Kari pulled that one out.  I'm not much help.  I'd sure be asking questions before I poured out a lot of money for dentures.  Sounds weird.  What antibiotics did they put him on?


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Posted 25 March 2017 - 08:41 PM

antibiotic is "Clavamox" , 4 tabs a day, pretty pricey depending  on who you get it from..... dogs should be allowed on our insurance plans (just kidding)



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Posted 25 March 2017 - 09:49 PM

Logan is the only dog I've had who had teeth issues, but he made up for it by having the tips of all four canines broken off, plus the big molar in the back.  I don't know the proper name for it, but I'm thinking it's the same one you're having problems with.  He had a slab fracture on that one.  We did see Dr. Colmery at Dixboro Vet Clinic.  There are only three AVDC-certified veterinary dentists in the whole state of Michigan, and he is one of them.  Our experience at Dixboro was excellent, but of course not cheap.

 

I've not had to take a dog to MSU personally, but I know many who have.  I have not heard anything negative.  Have you talked to anybody up there?  Would they be seeing you as a dental patient, or just more general, since you're wondering if it's something besides the teeth?

 

So I don't want to sway you one way or the other, but I did want to share that I've been to Dixboro.


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Posted 26 March 2017 - 11:10 AM

Hey Tish, you are not going to find anyone better then Ben Colmery, he has been around for years very well known, a very nice man as well. Not cheap but then what is today!

Just my opinion and I am sure the opinion of many, take it for what it's worth. Good luck our kids are worth it.
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Posted 26 March 2017 - 07:05 PM

Thanks.... I'll be making phone calls tomorrow to see how quickly I can get my foot in the door for an appt (heard Colmery is in high demand), got the xrays and notes on the 1st tooth pulled.

Will see what MSU has to offer....






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