Mandibular canine tooth impaction in a young dog--treatment and subsequent eruption: a case report.
Extraction of an embedded supranumerary incisor tooth and surgical exposure of the crown of an impacted left mandibular canine tooth were performed in a 5 month-old Doberman Pinscher dog. Six months following surgery, the canine tooth was fully erupted and in normal occlusion. A review of tooth eruption in the dog is provided.
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D000818:Animals; D003481:Cuspid; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000662:veterinary; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014096:Tooth, Supernumerary / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*