Your dog will adjust. For the future, keep an eye on the teeth to try and prevent build up and infection from happening again- so your dog can keep the rest of the teeth.
My chihuahua is missing two teeth, they had to be removed. It wasn't my fault- he'd been neglected and his mouth was really bad, I tried brushing, etc to get it off but just couldn't undo years of build up. The two bottom premolars were what went, and they don't impact him at all being gone. They're really mostly vestigial teeth, luckily.
I watch his mouth really close and use raw bones, dental chews, brushing, and even manually remove any tartar that builds up. He's elderly so it happens fast in his tiny mouth, but he's been able to avoid any further dental work! He's high risk (epileptic, among other things) so the less anesthetic he gets the better.
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