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02-24-2016, 01:58 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Canada
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| Scottie has more baby teeth to be removed that the vet missed Scottie had 6 baby teeth removed when he was about 7 months old, during his neutering surgery. I didn't know too much about dog teeth, but when I started brushing his teeth, I noticed that the two sides of his mouth weren't symmetrical - one side had one less tooth. When I met up with my breeder at a dog show later on, they confirmed that my vet had incorrectly removed an adult tooth (was very frustrated at my vet to hear this, but I didn't complain to them about it since what was done was done). Scottie is now 1 year and 10 months old so I wanted to take him to get his teeth cleaned at an anesthesia-free pet dental cleaning clinic. I had taken my past dog to this clinic and felt good about the lady who runs it. Today, she told me that Scottie still has baby teeth that were not removed, which has caused his adult teeth to not grow in line properly. I'm so upset to think that the vet might have mistakenly taken out the wrong teeth - the missing adult teeth instead of the current baby teeth. Or possibly, these baby teeth weren't grown out yet at 7 months old? Either way, the lady from the anesthesia-free dental clinic recommended that I take Scottie to a veterinarian dentist, one who knows teeth better than a GP vet, due to the risk of damaging the existing premolar adult tooth. Here I thought I did the right thing by having his baby teeth extracted during his neutering surgery and now, he's missing adult teeth, still has baby teeth, and he has to go under again Very upsetting...
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02-24-2016, 07:43 PM | #2 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| I am so disturbed to hear you have encountered this, and that your baby has experienced the ineptitude of this vet. "CHANGE VETS" goes without saying....I concur with the person that suggested a vet dentist to you....especially since your current vet is apparently unable to distinguish between adult teeth and baby teeth. |
02-24-2016, 09:13 PM | #3 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: prescott valley az usa
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| So sorry for your distress and your babies. I don't have any experience with this but hopefully you will get a dentist that knows what he/she is doing.
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02-25-2016, 09:19 AM | #4 |
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| Thanks Yorkiemom1 and buddybear. The situation just sucks because I did so much research prior and read all the online reviews of all the local vets in my area before deciding on this vet. Oh well... I should have known when the first wellness exam wasn't very thorough. I had a gut feeling they weren't really good but I brushed it off. I'll definitely be taking Scottie to another vet to get a referral for a vet dentist.
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