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Originally Posted by deb22  Her breath smells so bad....The vet said that's why... |
My baby's breath didn't have a bad stink when she had her retained puppy teeth. Some fell out on their own, some with a little help. Then she was down to 5 teeth. After she got 3 out of 5 pulled (that's another story I'll not make you suffer through reading), the very first chance I got to be near her open mouth, it was REALLLLLLY stinky. I thought she had been extra vigilant in cleaning our cat's behind as it smelled like part kitty droppings and part "bloody" breath. As it turned out, it was the one tiny tooth the incompetent vet left at the front which kept wrapping fabric string/lint around it almost as soon as she returned from her dental work (it was impossible to remove all of especially with her squirming). The gum around there was inflamed and it was definitely diseased and my finger always came out stinking of tarter and blood. Thankfully, after another round of dental surgery, it IMMEDIATELY fixed the breath and gum problem. BUT the price paid for having not gotten it done properly the first time around, then having to do this 2nd time a month later was the loss of 2 ADULT teeth.
She was about 10 and 11 months when she got her dentals at 5.5 to ounces shy of 6 lbs. Depending on your baby's growth, it might not always work out for the better to wait it out but it's a per case judgement call.