ABSTRACT
An oronasal fistula is described in a 53-year-old captive hippopotamus, the animal having shown a nasal discharge, consisting mainly of food particles, during and after feeding for at least 15 years. Necropsy of the emaciated animal revealed an oronasal fistula, measuring 4.5 x 3.5 cm, adjacent to the third left molar tooth, the first and second molars being missing. The fistula was thought to have been caused by an earlier necrotizing alveolitis and osteitis. There was no evidence of rhinitis or aspiration pneumonia. Unrelated findings consisted of a follicular thyroid adenoma and generalized muscle atrophy.
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Artiodactyla , Dry Socket/pathology , Dry Socket/veterinary , Oroantral Fistula/pathology , Oroantral Fistula/veterinary , Periodontitis/pathology , Periodontitis/veterinary , Adenoma/complications , Adenoma/pathology , Adenoma/veterinary , Animals , Dry Socket/complications , Fatal Outcome , Male , Oroantral Fistula/etiology , Periodontitis/complications , Thyroid Neoplasms/complications , Thyroid Neoplasms/pathology , Thyroid Neoplasms/veterinaryABSTRACT
Following extraction of a maxillary left first molar tooth in an eight year-old retriever, the dog re-presented five days later because of oral pain, which did not respond to analgesic therapy. The extraction site contained a foul-smelling fluid, but did not contain a clot or granulation tissue. Alveolar osteitis (dry socket) was diagnosed. The alveolus was curetted and flushed, and the dog was given cefalexine and prednisolone. The alveolus was filling with healthy granulation tissue one week later and the dog was no longer in pain.
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Dog Diseases/surgery , Dry Socket/veterinary , Animals , Dogs , Dry Socket/etiology , Dry Socket/surgery , Male , Periapical Abscess/etiology , Periapical Abscess/surgery , Periapical Abscess/veterinary , Tooth Extraction/adverse effects , Tooth Extraction/veterinarySubject(s)
Dry Socket/veterinary , Horse Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Malocclusion/veterinary , Sinusitis/veterinary , Tooth, Supernumerary/veterinary , Animals , Dry Socket/complications , Dry Socket/diagnostic imaging , Female , Horses , Malocclusion/complications , Malocclusion/diagnostic imaging , Radiography , Sinusitis/complications , Sinusitis/diagnostic imaging , Tooth, Supernumerary/complications , Tooth, Supernumerary/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
The records of 61 horses undergoing tooth repulsion for treatment of alveolar periostitis were reviewed. Seventeen of 36 horses (47%) in which maxillary teeth were removed had serious postoperative complications, such as infection of a second tooth, bone sequestration, chronic sinusitis, draining tracts, retained dental packing, feed impaction of the alveolus or sinus, suture-line dehiscence, or skin-flap sloughs. Eight horses required at least one additional surgical procedure. Eight of 25 horses (32%) in which mandibular teeth were removed had serious postoperative complications, and four horses required an additional surgical procedure. Hospitalization lasted 2 to 61 days (median, 22 days) for maxillary teeth and 3 to 35 days (median, 8 days) for mandibular teeth. Long-term follow-up (at least 5 months) was possible in 47 horses. Twenty-four of 30 horses (80%) with maxillary tooth repulsion healed without further problems; six horses had persistent nasal discharge. Fourteen of 17 horses (82%) with mandibular tooth repulsion healed with no further problems or with only minor complications; three horses had a chronic draining tract.
