Mobile Teeth
Mobile teeth are caused by advanced periodontal disease and
bone loss.
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Crowding of Teeth
Teeth should be considered for extraction when they are interfering
with occlusion or crowding others (e.g. supernumerary teeth).
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Retained deciduous canine. Note food
entrapment and lingual deviation of permanent (304) canine
tooth
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Retained Deciduous Teeth
Never have two teeth of the same type in the same place at
the same time. This is the rule of dental succession.
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Severe class 2 malocclusion. Note
retained 704 and 604 causing lingual deviation of 304 &
204
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Teeth in the Line of a Fracture
Consider extracting any teeth in the line of a fracture of
the mandible or maxilla.
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Oblique fracture of mandibular body
rostral to molars
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Teeth Destroyed by Disease
Teeth ruined by advanced caries, feline neck lesions etc.
should be considered for extraction.
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Severe class 1 carie in occlusal pit
of 109
Advanced feline odontoclastic resorptive lesion on buccal
surfaces of 409 and 407
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Endodontically Diseased Teeth
Teeth with damaged or contaminated pulp, which the client
elects not to have treated endodontically.
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Oblique fracture of buccal 104 crown
with pulp exposure
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