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Two weeks later, we finally got Henry’s tooth out of his head. The poor thing. He’s had to go two weeks with this
But! The cool part? THE VET SAVED IT FOR ME! Oh my god, cool.
(I’m such a nerd.)
In all it's gory glory. Only the right 1/4 or so is normally exposed.
For the veterinary nerds, that’s tooth #204, the upper left canine. I didn’t realize how far it normally sits inside his jaw. (He’s gotta feel like he just lost three rounds with a mack truck right now.) The vet also said
For everyone else, this is why it needed to come out. Check out the fracture. The purple/red spot near the tip is the root of the tooth, and you can see where the outer enamel fractured off.
Root and enamel fracture
Poor guy. He’s lived with that for the past two weeks.