If you have seen my other thread then you know some of what is going on. Now that I have some answers, and have a serious decision to make, I thought I would make a fresh thread explaining everything, and updating as time goes on.
Maddie had a dental procedure on Thursday and he had two extractions. One of those being an upper canine tooth. He was doing great the day after the procedure, but over the weekend (and of course the holidays) he started to go downhill. He was in pain and not himself.
I finally got him in to see a local doctor (his regular clinic was closed an extra day after the holidays) and found out that Maddie had the following complication from the surgery:
When the tooth was extracted the surgeon created a flap out of the gums to fold/suture over the extraction site, so it was a closed site and not an open one.
However the flap failed to take, meaning Maddie refused to heal that way, leaving him with an open site. This open site then got a whole bunch of food stuck up in the opening.this is what was causing the pain and irritation, also leaving possibility of infection.
So the tech cleaned out what she could from the socket. He was then given an injection of buprenorphine for the pain that will last three days, and sent home with antibiotics to prevent infection. We now need to follow up with the doctor who performed the surgery, for her to see what happened and to make a plan with her regarding treatment.
Basically I will have two options. Have the surgeon go back in and suture it closed again and hope it takes this time. Or let it heal on its own while keeping him on antibiotics and continuously cleaning out the socket and check ups every week.
If anyone has any advice or opinions on which would be the better option I would really appreciate it. I have an idea of what I would prefer based on what I can handle but I'm still open to both and I would love some outsider input. So please any suggestions are welcome.
I will update as things progress, and I hope to receive some helpful feedback. Thanks in advance.
Maddie had a dental procedure on Thursday and he had two extractions. One of those being an upper canine tooth. He was doing great the day after the procedure, but over the weekend (and of course the holidays) he started to go downhill. He was in pain and not himself.
I finally got him in to see a local doctor (his regular clinic was closed an extra day after the holidays) and found out that Maddie had the following complication from the surgery:
When the tooth was extracted the surgeon created a flap out of the gums to fold/suture over the extraction site, so it was a closed site and not an open one.
However the flap failed to take, meaning Maddie refused to heal that way, leaving him with an open site. This open site then got a whole bunch of food stuck up in the opening.this is what was causing the pain and irritation, also leaving possibility of infection.
So the tech cleaned out what she could from the socket. He was then given an injection of buprenorphine for the pain that will last three days, and sent home with antibiotics to prevent infection. We now need to follow up with the doctor who performed the surgery, for her to see what happened and to make a plan with her regarding treatment.
Basically I will have two options. Have the surgeon go back in and suture it closed again and hope it takes this time. Or let it heal on its own while keeping him on antibiotics and continuously cleaning out the socket and check ups every week.
If anyone has any advice or opinions on which would be the better option I would really appreciate it. I have an idea of what I would prefer based on what I can handle but I'm still open to both and I would love some outsider input. So please any suggestions are welcome.
I will update as things progress, and I hope to receive some helpful feedback. Thanks in advance.