
16/08/2025
🦷 Luna’s toothache 🦷
Brave Luna came to our clinic for a dental procedure as she had a broken premolar on her left upper arcade. Her attentive owners found that she had a cracked tooth and brought her in for a check prior!
‼️ Do take note that there are pictures of surgery in the following slides‼️
Swipe to see pictures 3&4 of her broken premolar!
Luna had a vertical break in a tooth which is termed a “slab fracture”. As the pulp of the tooth was exposed, extraction was recommended. As this tooth was comprised of 3 roots, we had to section the tooth into 3 parts and extract each root individually.
Swipe to see (5&6) how we started by making a gum flap by using a scalpel to cut the gum and how we then sectioned the tooth with a bur (a small rotary cutting instrument)!
After all the roots were removed, the edges of the bone were then smoothened out with the bur (7). Then, the gum flap is stitched with absorbable sutures to close the area up (8&9).
The remaining teeth were scaled and polished (10&11) to ensure that Luna’s mouth would be clean to prevent extraction site infection! ✨
As a precaution, hard objects should not be given to your furkids to chew on as they can result in tooth fractures. 😖 It is also important for us to check our furkid’s teeth often so we can pick up abnormalities such as tooth fractures or gum inflammation early.
If you would like to check on your furkid’s dental health and discuss dental care with us, call us to book your appointment today!
TAC Clementi
📞+65 6776 3450
📍109 Clementi Street 11, #01-17/19, S120109
TAC Katong
📞+65 6440 2336
📍55 Lor L Telok Kurau, #01-63, S425500