Nagpur : Root canal treatment is very common in dental clinics on humans. It is a long and delicate procedure. Animals also got teeth diseases, injuries and they also need treatment and maintenance for teeth. Since teeth are important part for animals in chewing, eating, defence and attack. Tootheck is a very painful. But these speechless creatures cannot complaint about their problems but can be expressed in other ways with changing their behavior, aggressiveness, mood swing. They are more violent and some may attack on humans creating human animal conflict.
The main important tooth are canine, premolar and molars. They may fractured due to injury or caries. Such tooth become more sensitive and painful and prone to infection and abscess in the jaw so conservative treatment is needed to relieve animal from pain, save its tooth and giving back its normal life. Root canal treatment is required on that tooth.
This type of treatment on animals has never done in India except in 2013 where some sloth bear has been treated in Agra bear rescue centre by a team of UK based foreign doctors. Dr.Roshan U. Sakharkar , a human dentist in Nagpur, maharashtra an animal and wildlife activist has come across a stray dog who is aggressive due to painfull fractured tooth. Dr. Roshan U.Sakharkar has caught that dog and done successful root canal treatment in Dr.Ashish Holey, veterinary surgeons operation theatre in Chatrapati square along with Dr.Swapnil Nagmote, assisted by Mr. Prakash on 1 st November 2018.
Dr.Roshan U Sakharkar, is willing to give his voluntary service for dental treatment and prosthesis work to stray animals and wildlife.
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