Root Canal

One of our working dogs recently broke off one of his canine teeth while attacking the arm sleeve used to get the dogs to bite. Since infection was a possibility the vet decided to perform a root canal on the tooth. Since he had never performed the procedure, and the navy dentists were more than thrilled to come and practice their skills on the large tooth we enlisted their help to come to the clinic. The procedure is just like one that is performed on a human, though the root of the canine goes much deeper in the skull and nobody sees a bill. After about thirty minutes of removing all tissue in the tooth and filling it with cement, the procedure was over. The dog woke up fine and was quickly back to his old self.