Deviated fang due to dog attack.

Hello guys good day! Today I am reaching you for some help, it turns out that yesterday I was walking with my dog, (I had him on a leash and with a muzzle) unfortunately I did not manage to notice two stray dogs that attacked us when we crossed our path, and thank God It wasn't serious, but then I realized what had happened to my dog (see photos), we don't know if it was due to the clash of the jaws, some bite, or if perhaps in his attempt to defend himself he made himself this damage with the muzzle, as you can see the fang was deviated, I already took it to the vet and he told me that for now we have to see how it evolves with the analgesics since the fang has not completely detached (he has given us five days to see the evolution). However, I want to know if you, in your experience, know if this will look normal again? How long can it take? Or will it remain like this forever with that ball in the snout? Is there anything I can do other than give him pain relievers and antibiotics? I know it may sound vain, but for me he is the most beautiful thing I have in my life and it has hurt me a lot to see his face like this, if there is something I can do to make him look like he is and not lose his fang, I will do everything necessary. This is how his snout has turned out, as you can see, it looks like a ball: The affected fang:   Thank you for your answers and sorry for my bad English.

Compared to the healthy one.   Compared to the healthy one: I just want him to have his beautiful face and healthy teeth like before.

Hello!  Your English is fine.   It may be that the upper lip is being pushed sideways by some combination of inflammation in the tissues and the tooth being at an angle.  As I don't know how the jaw was to start with (teeth in brachycephalic dogs are seldom straight), so I'm unsure which is most significant.   I suspect that if the tooth has gone into the soft tissue and caused swelling, there will be infection present and antibiotics / anti-inflammatories may improve the infection and external jaw shape a lot.  If the distortion is due to a deviated canine pushing sideways, then the tooth may require removal.  In that case, once the tooth has been removed, it may alter the external appearance much less than you think; I am often surprised to lift a maxillary lip and find no canine underneath.  Of course, this isn't necessarily an either / or situation; both infection and tooth displacement might have happened.  If you have already seen the vet, they will have had a close look and be in a much better position to judge than me.

Looking at the picture taken from above, your vet will be able to feel very easy and tell you whether that is thickness in the lip (that requires antibiotics) or displacement of the canine that requires removal.   It is often surprisingly hard to tell from the outside when a canine has been removed.

Thanks a lot! I have managed to book an appointment with another specialist to have a second opinion on the matter, for now I have seen that the swelling is going down a bit but the fang is still quite deviated. Some people have also told me to gently massage it to push the fang back into its original place, so I'll talk about that today with them as well. I'll let you know how this turned out

I understand.  Have a look at the incisors (the little front ones) in that picture; teeth do not grow in a line in many large brachycephalic breeds.  Some deviation may be normal for this individual;   it may be helpful, when the swelling goes down, for your vet to compare both fang  teeth (Im sure they will).  If  a tooth has had the position changed, I have never known massage work.  Wishing you all the best!

Thankyou for replying to me and I'll look back in a few weeks to see how you got on.