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| Tessa I saw a very sweet patient I today. That was referred when the veterinarian noticed this problem on the left upper canine tooth. Read her story here.
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| Welcome to our Dental Blog You can see previous cases of recent patients. You will meet these patients and see how their lives have improved through the procedures. |
Merit
Orthodontic Movement of teeth
You may have read about Merit here as a puppy.
She had some problems with her occlusion that
started when her baby teeth erupted. We had
hoped that extracting some of her baby teeth
would help the adult teeth erupt in a more normal
manner. Although the discrepancy between her
upper and lower jaws did improve, her adult teeth
erupted with some of same problems (and a few
more). Her lower canine teeth continued to be in a
base narrow occlusion. Correction of this problem
can be accomplished in one of 3 ways:
1) extraction of the lower canine teeth, 2) crown
reduction and vital pulp therapy of the canine
teeth or 3) orthodontic movement of the teeth into
a comfortable occlusion. We decided to employ
the third option as Merit is already in
training for field work and will really need her
lower canines. Two weeks ago (when Merit was
being spayed) we obtained impressions of her
mouth and teeth. We made stone models from the
impressions and sent them to a dental laboratory
for fabrication of a Mann incline plate. Here are
some pictures of the models after the plate was
fabricated.
Here are some picture taken yesterday
immediately after the Mann Incline Plate was
applied.As Merit closes her mouth, the lower
canines will be pushed forward and wide, and the
upper canine will move back. It will take around
4-8 weeks to move the teeth into a more normal
and comfortable occlusion.
The plate is telescoping so that it can expand as
Merit grows.
As you can see below the plate has more "work"
to do on the left side.
I saw Merit back today to be sure her lower
canines are striking the plate correctly.
Everything looks great and she is doing very well.
Orthodontic Movement of teeth
You may have read about Merit here as a puppy.
She had some problems with her occlusion that
started when her baby teeth erupted. We had
hoped that extracting some of her baby teeth
would help the adult teeth erupt in a more normal
manner. Although the discrepancy between her
upper and lower jaws did improve, her adult teeth
erupted with some of same problems (and a few
more). Her lower canine teeth continued to be in a
base narrow occlusion. Correction of this problem
can be accomplished in one of 3 ways:
1) extraction of the lower canine teeth, 2) crown
reduction and vital pulp therapy of the canine
teeth or 3) orthodontic movement of the teeth into
a comfortable occlusion. We decided to employ
the third option as Merit is already in
training for field work and will really need her
lower canines. Two weeks ago (when Merit was
being spayed) we obtained impressions of her
mouth and teeth. We made stone models from the
impressions and sent them to a dental laboratory
for fabrication of a Mann incline plate. Here are
some pictures of the models after the plate was
fabricated.
Here are some picture taken yesterday
immediately after the Mann Incline Plate was
applied.As Merit closes her mouth, the lower
canines will be pushed forward and wide, and the
upper canine will move back. It will take around
4-8 weeks to move the teeth into a more normal
and comfortable occlusion.
The plate is telescoping so that it can expand as
Merit grows.
As you can see below the plate has more "work"
to do on the left side.
I saw Merit back today to be sure her lower
canines are striking the plate correctly.
Everything looks great and she is doing very well.
| Read about our stories |
Procedures that helped
other companion animals.
other companion animals.
| PJ Class II malocclusion with base narrow mandibular canine teeth. See how a crown reduction followed by endodontic therapy helped PJ
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Merit Class II Malocclusion with base narrow mandibular canine teeth. See how it all started from extractions to the "braces" as shown.
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| Kali Fractured Mandibular Canine Teeth The open pulp canal can be seen in this view from the top of crown. See how Kali's teeth were restored here.
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| Sugar After some rough house play with her siblings Sugar ended up with a Luxated Maxillary Canine Tooth. Read her story and how Dr. Hoover saved her tooth.
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| Reesee Came in for a routine Oral/ATP and during cleaning it was discovered that she had a cavity also known as caries in our canine friends. Read about canine caries here.
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| Ozzy Ozzy came in this week for his first examination and to be neutered. He was a little shy, but very nice and in excellent health. On examination I found that his lower jaw was slightly shorter then it should be compared to the upper jaw. See how Dr. Hoover fixed Ozzy's teeth. |
| Nick Crown Application |
| Recently fractured after root canal therapy Nick gets a crown to save his tooth.
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| Evertt is a very fun Bassett Hound puppy that presented with a mouth that would have made any shark proud. He was referred because his veterinarian had observed several extra teeth. Read how his surgery went.
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| Shadow One amazing kitty with a tale of survival. Read Shadow's story.
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