I am so sad....
Roxy is going to be 4 in November. When I got her at 6 months, she had the double row of teeth and they were so disgusting from never having her teeth brushed and from her eating poop. We had her spayed and her baby teeth pulled. And then when she was about 17 months old, we had a professional teeth cleaning, and 4 teeth (baby, that they didn't get before) were pulled. She has lost 1 tooth that I found a year ago.
I tend to her mouth and teeth all the time (b/c she still will eat poop here and there). I use dental pads and clean her entire mouth, over and over. Then I brush with the small dog tooth brush and CET toothpaste. Then I use the Petz4life spray (on my finger and rub her teeth).
Her teeth are still not the best looking. She has small teeth and lots of gaps and spacing and while her front teeth are white, her side and back teeth are discolored. She doesn't really have any tarter build up that I can see.
I have asked the Vet about her teeth every year, and in the past he said they are fine (b/c I brush regularly, etc.)
But now....her 2 very front teeth are loose, and the other 2 on either side of her front teeth (before her fangs) have major gum reseeding
I am so sad.....I made an appt next Wed. to talk to the Vet about "if" we should do a cleaning or if I should keep doing what I am doing and let them fall out themselves. She doesn't seem bothered by them, but I do have to be very careful when I brush those loose teeth, b/c obviously the movement of them is sensitive.
I know this is very common, but I have tried soooooooooo hard to keep her healthy (she has LP and MVD and CT already)....and now this
I guess I am also really, really scared about putting her under. Over the years my fear of that has gotten bad. I was ok for her spay, and I was ok for her LP surgeries, but I guess now that I have read more stuff about all the things that can happen, I am really scared b/c I just don't want anything to happen to her
Any Advice or Experiences ????