An adopted thin poodle has painful mouth and a hole below the right eye
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 04/11/2018

Nov 4, 2018 Sunday

A kind lady adopted this thin poodle as the previous owner is sick. 

A very painful mouth with a wound on the right facial area below the right eye. Bad breath. IV drip and antibiotics.  

Dental extraction of the infected right upper Premolar 4 and all decayed loose teeth resolved the problem. Dental scaling is done. 

The poodle recovered from anaesthesia and went home to a good family the next day.

I advise that the vet not be pressurised in immediate dental surgery when the dog is in poor health. At least one day of IV drips and antibiotics decrease anaesthetic risk of dying. The dog recovered and went home to a happy owner.

Dec 11, 2018. The dog is no longer having a painful mouth.  Note that a non-healing wound below the eye is usually due to a carnassial tooth abscess. Differential diagnosis is bone or tooth cancer and traumatic injury (wound will heal). 

The carnassial tooth abscess is highly likely in dogs older than 7 years old. Antibiotics will not be effective. Consult your vet early.