Mandibular Canine Tooth Impaction in a Young Dog — Treatment and Subsequent Eruption: A Case Report

Abstract

Extraction of an embedded supranumerary incisor tooth and surgical exposure of the crown of an impacted left mandibular canine tooth were performed in a 5 month-old Doberman Pinscher dog. Six months following surgery, the canine tooth was fully erupted and in normal occlusion. A review of tooth eruption in the dog is provided.