Canine and Carnassial Extractions: All You Need To Know!

A step-by-step format will be used to show the clinician how to use surgical techniques to extract these teeth in dogs. The techniques include mucoperiosteal flap planning and development, methodology for the periosteal release incision, buccal alveolar bone removal, crown sectioning for multi-rooted teeth, crown-root fragment elevation and extraction, alveoloplasty, and wound apposition. An emphasis will be placed on methods to avoid complications including root fragmentation, jaw fracture, wound dehiscence, and oronasal fistula.