Posted By: Xfilefan
Lyah's Poor Teeth - 04/06/07 12:08 PM
Miss Lyah had another mouth surgery yesterday. This time she lost 5 teeth, 3 on the upper left jaw (opposite side from before) two on the lower left, plus one of her front lower ones is loose and causing infection to impact in the middle of her jaw. It's not loose enough to pull yet, without risking breaking the jawbone, though. So...
Her jaw is unstable from all the infection impacted in there, and because the tooth is loose, it's making room for it to impact down inside. The vet had to trim and seal her lower incisors and wire her lower jaw to keep it from moving and help keep the infection out. This should help her be more comfortable, and keep the infection from getting so bad, until those teeth are ready to come out-she's probably going to lose all of them. She shortened them to keep the roots from moving around and abscessing every time she bit on something. (Dang, I can't stand even thinking about that!)
I've got plenty of pain meds for her, and antibiotics. We reevaluate in about 2 weeks. Her face is still swollen, but her nose color is better. My poor baby girl! I don't have a new pic yet, but I'll try and get a couple in the next day or so.
EDIT: For new folks, or any who don't know...don't EVER, EVER trim a healthy glider's teeth. This was done in a crisis, and they're sealed on the ends. It causes a healthy glider a lot of unnecessary pain (just like if yours were cut)-because their teeth don't grow like a rodent's do-and decay in a healthy tooth. Even though I know Lyah's are diseased, and will be removed, just the thought still is making me ill.
Her jaw is unstable from all the infection impacted in there, and because the tooth is loose, it's making room for it to impact down inside. The vet had to trim and seal her lower incisors and wire her lower jaw to keep it from moving and help keep the infection out. This should help her be more comfortable, and keep the infection from getting so bad, until those teeth are ready to come out-she's probably going to lose all of them. She shortened them to keep the roots from moving around and abscessing every time she bit on something. (Dang, I can't stand even thinking about that!)
I've got plenty of pain meds for her, and antibiotics. We reevaluate in about 2 weeks. Her face is still swollen, but her nose color is better. My poor baby girl! I don't have a new pic yet, but I'll try and get a couple in the next day or so.
EDIT: For new folks, or any who don't know...don't EVER, EVER trim a healthy glider's teeth. This was done in a crisis, and they're sealed on the ends. It causes a healthy glider a lot of unnecessary pain (just like if yours were cut)-because their teeth don't grow like a rodent's do-and decay in a healthy tooth. Even though I know Lyah's are diseased, and will be removed, just the thought still is making me ill.