Monthly Archives: January 2010
Stomatitis in a dog responds to home care avoiding full mouth extractions.
This middle aged dog presented with severe oral pain and halitosis. Visual examination could only be done with sedation. Note the attached gingival is severely inflamed. Biopsy showed changes consisitent with stomatitis. Prednisone ½ mg/kg BID was initiated following a … Continue reading
Malocclusion In a Dog Causing Trauma to Canine Tooth
In this maloclusion in a dog the left lateral incisor has been traumatizing the mandibular canine tooth since the teeth erupted. Note the size of the root canal in the affected tooth vs. the normal canine on the other side. … Continue reading
Rim mandibulectomy for an acanthomatous ameloblastoma in the mandible of a dog
Jessie had an oral mass adjacent to the right mandibular canine tooth. The referring veterinarian biopsied it revealing acanthomatous ameloblastoma. A rim mandibulectomy was performed to remove the mass with minimal margins of 1.5 cm. Brett Beckman, DVM, FAVD, DAVDC, … Continue reading
