Clayton Animal Hospital

Cracked, broken or discolored teeth will often become abscessed if ignored.
In most cases, treatment should be extraction or root canal therapy.

In pets, root canal therapy is usually reserved for teeth that are essential for
chewing or jaw support. In over-simplied terms, a root canal begins with a
small hole being drilled into the central core of the tooth. The living center of the
tooth, called the pulp, is removed and replaced with a substance called gutta-
percha. The procedure results in a non-painful tooth resistent to infection.

Clayton Animal Hospital is fortunate to have three veterinarians wih experience
performing root canal therapies. They are Dr. Stacey Beam, Dr. Kelly
Camacho and Dr. Christina Holzer.