THis is my own cat. COHAT today. Had moderate generalized gingivitis. All pockets were fine, no resorptive lesions noted on exam. Except 407. I put in 307 to compare.

I extracted 407 (CA distal root – not by choice).

Questions: 1. What do you think is going on with that tooth?

2. should I have extracted it?

3. Root fractured on elevation. I could not visualize root with in the bone. So I smoothed out the area and closed.

I attempted a final smoothing of the root area, and didn’t look at the final xray until after I closed (my mistake) It looked and felt smooth, but I think I could have done a better job.

So what should I have done with this tooth? What should I do now?

Please be kind 🙂