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Old 03-05-2006, 02:02 PM   #9
Dawn125
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I definitely see some extra teeth there as well as some tarter build up. I would have the vet check it out. As far as the recommendation to ask your groomer to scrape tarter from teeth...be very careful unless your groomer is also a vet or vet tech. It's actually illegal for dog groomers to scale teeth in many states. That is considered veterinary medicine. Groomers generally don't go beyond simple tooth brushing and lots don't even do that. There have actually been cases of death resulting from groomers messing with infected teeth causing bacteria to get into the dogs bloodstream. There are some new products that will help get rid of the tarter and make the gums more healthy but won't solve the retained baby teeth issue so I would start with a visit to the vet. My little boy, Titan has some retained teeth as well so I'm kinda in the same boat myself. He's 10 months old so I'm guessing there's not much hope of them falling out on their own now.
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