© Kirrawee Veterinary Hospital CANINE DISEASES
Carnasial (tooth root) abscess
Infected tooth roots of the upper molars can lead to swelling
below or behind the eye (carnassial abscess). Where the infection
builds up behind the eye it is pushed forward causing it to bulge
out of the socket. This condition must be distinguished from glaucoma
which is swelling of the eye itself. Treatment requires antibiotics, removal of the effected tooth,
and establishing drainage either through the tooth root cavity
into the mouth or by lancing skinover the abscess. Related sites |