Treatments may include interosseous wire (wire placed into the bone to allow for appropriate jaw alignment), intradental splint (wiring and acrylic material) or various other techniques to assist in your pet’s healing. Any wire or splints which aid in immobilizing the fracture site will require surgical removal after the fracture has healed.

The healing time may vary depending on the age of the patient as well as the severity of the fracture. Typically healing time occurs within 4 to 8 weeks. Older dogs may require a longer length of placement for splints/wire than younger dogs. Typically at a 2-week recheck, we will determine to follow-up care and when to remove the appliance (if one was used).

• The purpose of applying a restorative or prosthodontic full metal titanium crown in a vital or non-vital pulp (root canaled tooth) is to reduce microleakage as well as provided greater strength to the tooth.
• A dental crown, typically made out of full metal alloy, which is then shaped and placed over the dog or cat’s tooth. The crown is cemented in place just above the gum line.
• What is the process in creating a crown by Creature Crowns?
  • The first visit entails crown prep, usually a special type of margin is formed with special burs to have the crown be able to sit on once it is cemented.
  • Once the margin is made, impressions are taken of the tooth/teeth as well as bite impressions and sent to the crown laboratory for manufacturing.
  • This can take up to 2 weeks for the crown to be properly manufactured by the laboratory. 
  • Lastly, your pet returns in 2-3 weeks from initial visit to have the crown cemented in place which takes roughly 10-15 minutes of anesthesia and 20 minutes of recovery. Thus about a 45 minute appointment visit. 
  • Your pet will need to be on softened food for 3 days and then can return to normal diet and treats, pending the treats/chews are bendable, breakable and flexible to not cause tooth injury.