Rodents such as guinea pigs and chinchillas also have continuously growing teeth and frequently suffer from
painful tooth root impaction.
Not exact matches
Common
painful problems include: broken
teeth and
roots periodontal disease dead
teeth abscesses gingivitis feline oral resorptive lesions.
Many times the weakened
tooth breaks off, leaving
painful retained
roots in the jaw.
Dental care is important because
painful gums, loose and missing
teeth,
tooth root abscesses, and other oral problems can negatively impact a cat's health and quality of life.
Broken or fractured
teeth expose
tooth pulp and bacteria invade the end of each
root creating a
painful abscess.
These
teeth are most certainly
painful and require either extraction or
root canal treatment.
Many of these
teeth have exposed
roots and are
painful.
This also happens over a several year process, and in the meantime, as the
tooth is dissolving, it is very
painful as nerve
roots are being exposed.
In order to be properly done, it requires general anesthesia in order to protect the airway, take dental x-rays for
teeth with large pockets (that may indicate dangerous and
painful root disease), perform extractions if medically necessary, and to scale the inner surfaces of the
teeth and back molars.
Common
painful problems that could be identified with radiographs are broken
teeth and
roots, periodontal disease, dead
teeth, abscesses or infected
teeth.
This is the only way to identify other
painful problems that may exist in your pet's mouth under the gum, in the bone or involving the
tooth root due to periodontal or endodontic disease.
As a general rule,
teeth that have fractured through to the dentine or pulp cavity (affecting the nerve and blood supply) are likely to need extraction as the
tooth will be
painful and it will be at risk of developing an infection and
tooth root abscess.
Often the bacteria will spread and infect the
tooth root, causing
painful abscesses.
Broken
teeth are common in dogs that chew hard toys / bones, and are a
painful source of infection that require either an extraction or a
root canal.
It is impossible to determine the presence of decay between
teeth, periodontal infection and bone loss, abscessed or missing
teeth, or extremely
painful resorptive
root disease by just looking or even probing: they must take dental X-rays.
Advanced dental disease can lead to
tooth root abscesses, which are extremely
painful, oro - nasal fistulas,
tooth fractures, blindness (due to inflammation of the
roots close to the eye), oral cancer, and osteomyelitis (infection of the jaw bone).
This is very
painful for the pet, because is usually extends into the
root of the
tooth.