Mother got good news today.  One of our favorite patients, Porscha, the bull terrier puppy had to go see a dental specialist for her tooth; actually, for a missing tooth.  Mother had noticed the missing tooth when Porscha was in for her thumb removals last month. While Porscha was sleeping, mother had taken black and white pictures of the spot in her mouth where the tooth was missing.   Mother could see the tooth on the pictures but couldn't see it when she looked in her mouth.

Mother had made a special point to talk to Porscha's parents that day.  "I think she should go to see a dog dentist.  Dr. Mountain is an excellent dentist, he might be able to get the tooth to erupt.  If not, then it needs to be extracted because a buried tooth like that can cause problems" mother advised.  Porscha's parents were so worried about the missing thumbs that day, that mother wasn't sure if they were going get her tooth fixed.
Today, she found out that Porscha had gone to the dentist.  Dr. Mountain called to give mother the update.  The look on mother's face said it all; a mix of relief, pride and happiness.  After her conversation, mother told everybody what Dr. Mountain had said, "Way to go investigating that missing tooth.  Turns out Porscha was forming a cyst around the missing tooth. I've seen those cysts get really big before they're found and they can remove a lot of bone before then.  You saved Porscha's jaw, and a much bigger surgery.  Good find!"  After that mother smiled for the rest of the day.   Sounds like a good night to get few more treats out of her.