Broken tooth, feeling guilty.
Hi all, haven't posted here in a while but I'm sure many of you remember Finn and Beamish.
The boys went in for their checkups today and we found out that Finn has a broken tooth that has abscessed. The vet said likely due to bone chewing. Finn has always been a chewer. Not destructive chewing, but he loves his nylabones. I wasn't aware that nylabones were dangerous and he has a lot of them.
He has shown zero signs of pain and is still eating and drinking (and chewing, but we will be getting rid of the nylabones) with no complaints. I've admittedly been slacking on brushing his teeth, so we never noticed it and were pretty surprised to find out. It's one of the back upper molars. He's been started on a course of antibiotics and will have the tooth extracted at the end of next month (soonest available appt.) and will also have his teeth cleaned while he is under anesthesia. Additionally, he's having a full senior panel of blood work done now that he's 9 1/2.
I feel very guilty that I never noticed the broken tooth and that it became infected :(
Has anyone else dealt with broken teeth? Any suggestions for alternative/safer chew toys?