Vetnuus | May 2026 43 Veterinary Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery Referrals Veterinary Dentistry and Maxillofacial Clinic, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, 0110 Veterinary Dentistry and Maxillofacial Clinic, Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Old Soutpan Road (M35), Onderstepoort, South Africa Tel: +27 (0)12 529 8276, Fax: +27 (0) 12 529 8479, e-mail: sadent@mweb.co.za, website: www.vetdentsa.co.za, Facebook: Vetdent SA Figure 1: Initial examination showed absence of left maxillary canine tooth (204) Figure 2: Dorsal plane CT image in a bone window at the level of the nasal passage, showing the ectopically erupted tooth Figure 3: To access the canine tooth’s apex, a mucosal flap was raised to maxillary bone Figure 4: An osteotomy was cut into the maxillary bone to expose the canine tooth apex. After exposure of the canine tooth root apex the tooth was elevated and extracted through the osteotomy site References: Klim, E. B., et al. (2023). “A Retrospective Study of Ectopic Eruption in 35 Dogs.” Journal of Veterinary Dentistry 40(2): 174–180. Lobprise, H. B. (2019). “Occlusion and orthodontics.” Wiggs’s Veterinary Dentistry: Principles and Practice: 411–437. Figure 5: The extracted left maxillary canine tooth showing a developmental defect of the crown Regulars I Dental Column
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