We’ve been fighting a long and difficult battle with dental disease in our beautiful lionhead Simba, and recently he had to have all his top molars removed after suffering from overgrowth and an abscess, which has been a major life change. We’ve done all we can but in today’s CAT scan it showed that at least 4 of the molar roots from removed teeth are growing back in, causing infection and severe pain. He’s now stopped eating voluntarily.
our vet is a dental specialist, but says that there’s little he can do as some of the roots are misshapen like horns, and growing into the bone. He says that the procedure to remove them all will be extremely difficult and require a combination of removal from the inside of his mouth and surgical incision from the outside of his face, and there’s no guarantee of success. He says we can’t keep going on like this as they might just keep growing back.
we would be devastated to lose him as otherwise he’s very physically strong and when he’s on a good day he’s back to his old mischievous self. He’s also not even 2 years old.
does anyone have experience with a problem like this? Any advice or solutions? We’re desperate, and if we can’t help him then we feel the end will be close as he is obviously experiencing pain to stop him from eating, and he always loved his food.
Any help or comments gratefully received
our vet is a dental specialist, but says that there’s little he can do as some of the roots are misshapen like horns, and growing into the bone. He says that the procedure to remove them all will be extremely difficult and require a combination of removal from the inside of his mouth and surgical incision from the outside of his face, and there’s no guarantee of success. He says we can’t keep going on like this as they might just keep growing back.
we would be devastated to lose him as otherwise he’s very physically strong and when he’s on a good day he’s back to his old mischievous self. He’s also not even 2 years old.
does anyone have experience with a problem like this? Any advice or solutions? We’re desperate, and if we can’t help him then we feel the end will be close as he is obviously experiencing pain to stop him from eating, and he always loved his food.
Any help or comments gratefully received
