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The
Colyer Veterinary Medical Response Team prepares to assemble
their comprehensive mobile equipment package in a large
Veterinary Hospital in Tustin, California.
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The
patient, a large, female Bengal Tiger with an unusual color
variant is prepared for intubation anesthesia.
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Although
both mandibular canine teeth had lost their clinical crowns, the
compound fractured left canine tooth had loose fragments below
the gingival crest. This always requires a local gingivectomy to
remove the fractured plate of tooth structure to the depth of
the fracture with contouring of the gingival tissue.
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The
severely infected left canine abscess intended completely
through the body of the mandible to drain under the animal's
chin. Notice the protruding metal depth probe.
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A
lateral view of the metal probe extending into the left canine
tooth, and out thru the base of the chin.
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Cleaning
the interior of the pulp chamber with solutions of hydrogen
peroxide and sodium hypochlorite - injected simultaneously to
maximize cleaning effect.
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Restoring
the apical portion of the tooth with a bioglass synthetic
particulate bone grafting material.
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A
view of the restored canine teeth.
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Patient
recovering from anesthesia in a large transport cage.
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