Cat has lost a fang

[jurbie]

On Friday evening he casually spat out a fang onto the living room carpet and then carried on as normal with no obvious ill affects. He doesn't seem bothered however twice now I've noticed when eating, something has spooked him which results in him turning tail and legging it to his safe place in the airing cupboard.

I guess the area around the fang might be a little tender so just wondering is there anything else I should do or keep an eye out for. Would a vet visit be in order? The vet has mentioned in the past that the tooth would probably need removing at some point so he's at least saved himself a fairly unpleasant visit for a tooth extraction but I wonder if there might be any complications I need to consider.

[jurbie]

Thanks all, he's a picky eater at the best of times so it's hard to tell if he's off his food but I'll keep an eye on him with a view to taking him to the vets.

[jurbie]

I took him in this morning and it seems some of the root is still in there so he's back tomorrow for the works including removal of some others and clean and polish of whatever is left behind.

[jurbie]

A quick update, everything seemed fine despite him now missing his top set of fangs however without them pushing his lips out it appears that his bottom set is cutting his upper lip as per the picture. Any suggestion as to how to manage this?