Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with multiple soft tissue tooth impactions
By Carle, Diane & Shope, Bonnie·Published in Journal of veterinary dentistry·2014·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Soft tissue tooth impaction in a dog.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A 3-year-old dog had trouble with several teeth that couldn't break through the gums due to soft tissue impaction, even though the gum tissue looked normal. The veterinarian performed a surgical procedure called operculectomy to remove the overlying tissue, which allowed the impacted teeth to erupt properly. After the treatment, all of the dog's impacted teeth were able to come through the gums successfully.
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Abstract
Soft tissue impaction occurs when erupting teeth fail to penetrate the overlying gingiva. This has been attributed to abnormally dense, fibrous, gingival tissue. However, soft tissue tooth impaction has been reported in humans with histologically normal overlying gingiva and may be the result of a failure of normal breakdown of overlying tissue. This case report describes soft tissue impaction of multiple teeth in a dog with histologically normal overlying gingiva. The impactions were treated with multiple operculectomies that resulted in subsequent eruption of all impacted teeth.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25185334/