Retained baby teeth (deciduous teeth) are especially common in small dogs. You can go a few routes - wait until 6 months to spay/neuter and see how many retained teeth there are and then take your pup in for a consult with the vet who may advise waiting another month or so for surgery to give the baby teeth more time.
I didn't spay my little Ella Bean until she was about 8 months because she wasn't lose any baby teeth! She literally had 2 rows of teeth! She was like a shark. we had 17 pulled, if I remember correctly. My poor little girl!
The vet and I agreed on a flat rate of $150 for all the teeth pulling. If you are talking over 7 or 8, I would try and negotiate something similar.
Anyway, my lil girl did great and her mouth was healing and she was back to chewing within a week!
For those that lose them naturally, its normal for them to be swallowed or you may get lucky and find one or two on your floor!
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