Animal Dentistry-Izzy

    Izzy, the Police dog.

Izzy was a highly trained police dog used to attack armed criminals. However, with a fractured canine his professional career was in jeopardy… . Instead of removing the canine as offered by the local vet, we performed a root canal treatment and placed a crown.

Izzy the police dog
That’s Izzy

This is Izzy, the police dog and nightmare of all criminals 🙂

Exposed nerve

On closer inspection it became clear that the pulp was exposed and root canal treatment was inevitable.

Root canal instrument in canal

The root canal instrument in place.  The canine tooth was very long: 50mm.

Finished Crown preparation

After finishing the root canal treatment, the tooth was built up with composite material and prepared for a crown.

Impression taking

A silicon impression was taken with a modified human impression tray.

Crown fitting at the second visit.

One week later the crown was fitted under sedation.

 

 

Stainless steel crown - canine of a dog
Stainless steel crown fitted

The crown in place. The lenght of the crown needed to be slightly shorter than a natural tooth to reduce the risk of fracture. The bite forces of strong breeds can be between 200 and 350lbs!

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