After extraction of canine teeth

I have a 7 year old special needs kitty (she has Cerebral Hypoplasia) and she has broken 2 of her canine teeth in half (as she is unsteady on her feet she has bonked her face on things and broken them).  I'm pretty sure they're gonna need extracting as I think they are causing her pain, she is still eating normally (Well for her she eats less than 1/4 cup per day), she's a good weight though.  But She won't let me look in her mouth, she acts painful and paws at my hands when I try.  She also has 1 fang that is still a kitten tooth as her adult tooth never came in, so I am assuming they will extract that one too.  She's going to the vet on tuesday with me as I work there.  Will she do okay after the extractions?  Will she be able to eat normally?  She will just have one canine tooth left, her other teeth are still stable so I don't think there will be any other extractions.  I have tried my darnedest to get her onto a canned food diet, but she refuses, she will lick the gravy off of it but that's about it. 

She'll be fine. :rub:

You might want to consider just having that 4th canine removed, but discuss it with the vet. Her whole mouth is going to shift around with those extractions, especially as 3 canines are being removed, and that tooth will end up either irritating her gum or her cheek:

http://www.thecatsite.com/t/264206/extracted-upper-canine-tooth-constant-sore-on-lip

Chumley's gum has finally calloused where his lower canine punctures into this upper gum since that removal, and his lip often gets caught on the tooth, though he usually snurgles his mouth around to get it unstuck.

There have been a number of kibble eating kitties that have had full mouth extractions, and they do just fine. I have a cat that never chewed, but just swallowed kibble whole (when we were still feeding kibble). I feed bite sized pieces of raw to most of the cats now, and Billy doesn't chew those. There are cats that chomp and chew, but if bones aren't involved, cats do just fine simply swallowing their food. There's no amylase in their saliva, the process of digestion does not begin in the mouth, so no loss there either.

She'll do just fine after the extractions! She may be a little sore for a day or two, but they'll administer pain meds. If you haven't been through this before, offer her water at first. The anesthesia does make them thirsty, and she'll likely drink more water than normal for the first 2 - 4 days. If she keeps the water down, see if she'll lick up some babyfood mixed with water. If she keeps that down, then let her have some kibble after a few hours.

You've mentioned you feed your dog raw, but haven't been able to transition your cat(s). If you'd like transition ideas, consider starting a thread in the raw & home cooked forum. We've transitioned some pretty tough kibble addicts.

for the surgery and her recovery! :rub:

Thank you for the information.  I didn't even think about having the 4th tooth extracted as well.  Will definitely discuss with my vet.