sharonL\";p=\"50013 said:
I understand your frustration but a broken tooth is generally not painful for them unless it breaks at the gum line, or the root is exposed. The slober comes from the teeth feeling different and like with people when something is wrong with your tooth or it feels different you can not keep your tounge off of it.
You will be okay to wait until Monday there is no need to pay weekend or emergency fees for what you are describing. A tooth broke at the half point without exposed root should not interfere with eating either at this point but you will want to have it looked at to see if antibiotics are needed. Depending on how bad it is sometimes they need to be pulled (though not many k-9 teeth are pulled unless they are dead or infected, a root canal or a cap placed on it. This really just depends on where the break is and how far it is from the root and pulp.....
well, she's eating just fine, drinking lots of water and acting like the normal, happy pup she is so i guess that is a good sign. you can see the pulp on the one broken in half. the dental specialist we were recommended to has a website with images of problems they encounter and the 2 that apply to her are root canal and vital pulp therapy (but you have to treat it within 48 hours). so, i know a human root canal costs about $1000 so this is just going to blow me away i'm sure!
thanks for all the kind words and advice, i hope she's mended soon!
samsonsmom, that's what kills me about this, i have NO CLUE! i would think we would have heard her yelp or something when it happened but we didn't. plus, we're with her all the time except when she's in her kennel. so, i'm wondering if she's been chewing on the crate but haven't seen signs of that. i'm totally clueless.