Noppa was palying with another dog, and Noppa's canine tooth was stuck in other dog's metallic collar. Half of the tooth cracked off. This was an accident, but it could have been easily avoided by taking other dog's metallic collar away while the dogs were playing. When dogs wrestle they often grab each other from the collar area.
If tooth of your own dog is damaged, go to see a vet as soon as possible. The vet has more options what to do if you get there quick enough. Few hours are no problem, but on the next day the vet has a lot less options what to do with the broken tooth. The tooth should be fixed (or pulled off in some cases) even if the dog does not seem to have any pain or other trouble with it. Bacteria etc. pathogens have better access to dog through the broken tooth. Remember that the dog cannot tell you what's wrong if the tooth gets painful later.
What options there are?
1) Pulpa-amputation
This is done if the dog is young and the tooth is not fully developed yet. This can be done if you get your dog to vet quick enough.
2) Root canal treatment
Like root canal treatment for humans. Better option than removing the tooth, espically for lower canine tooth. Dog needs canine teeth for cvarrying things, the lower jaw stays stonger and tongue is easier to keep inside mouth. Judges can see the piece of tooth in show dog's mouth, it's not completely missing. Kuten ihmisenkin juurihoito. Varsinkin alakulmahampaalle suositeltavampaa kuin hampaan poisto.
3) Pulling the whole tooth off
Last option if nothing else can be done.
