Adult Tooth Gone!...Now What?

[Lee B]

I think she'll be OK, but you won't feel better until the vet tells you.

My daughter has a friend who just spent big $$$ on braces for her dog ... not just regular ol' braces either, but the clear ones . So I know there are doggy orthodontists out there if you really want to go that route.

Right now, she'll look like a perpetual kid! When she grins, she'll be missing a tooth, just like a 5-year-old skinkid! It's kind of endearing, I think ... I don't think you'll want to get into bridgework.

[yorkie mad]

Originally Posted by Lee B

I think she'll be OK, but you won't feel better until the vet tells you.

My daughter has a friend who just spent big $$$ on braces for her dog ... not just regular ol' braces either, but the clear ones . So I know there are doggy orthodontists out there if you really want to go that route.

Right now, she'll look like a perpetual kid! When she grins, she'll be missing a tooth, just like a 5-year-old skinkid! It's kind of endearing, I think ... I don't think you'll want to get into bridgework.

i think she will be ok too.If it was that apple , throw some my way please ,my 18 mth old Tia still has a baby tooth in her upper front that just won't budge lol

[Sweet Apple]

Originally Posted by Britster

I'm pretty sure Jackson lost 1 adult tooth when a neighbor's Black Lab got loose (we live on 3 acres and this is our "neighbor" who owns 90 acres of farm behind us) and took a quick bite of Jackson (thank God, it was nothing more). This was right after his neuter when he had 4 baby teeth removed and all I saw was blood coming out of his mouth but at the time -- I couldn't tell if the tooth was actually missing. I'm still not entirely sure but I'm pretty sure he is missing a tooth. They kind of just went together and there's not a gap there or anything!

Good point about the blood, Brit, but I have never seen a drop of blood on her mouth, and I would, TOTALLY, know if there were some, because I watch her like a hawk...I'm hoping, on a far outside chance, that the vet missed the tooth, as an adult tooth, and that it was really a baby tooth, and she is still going to get her adult tooth...Remember, I only pointed out to the vet, at Apple's spay, that she still had her upper two canine teeth...Of course I didn't need to point it out, since there were four sitting up there , and she said the roots to those canine teeth went down to China...O.K., she didn't say that, I did, but you know what I mean....

[Sweet Apple]

Wow, I just looked in Apple's mouth, and the little tooth, right beside the tooth that is not there sure looks tiny, like a baby tooth..it's the botton center two front teeth I'm talking about...I'm just about to wonder if that is a baby tooth in there, and the other one that came out was a baby tooth...Oh my gosh, wouldn't that just be the best!!!! The vet didn't do x-rays, or anything...Maybe she missed it!

[cdawnfine]

Originally Posted by Sweet Apple

Wow, I just looked in Apple's mouth, and the little tooth, right beside the tooth that is not there sure looks tiny, like a baby tooth..it's the botton center two front teeth I'm talking about...I'm just about to wonder if that is a baby tooth in there, and the other one that came out was a baby tooth...Oh my gosh, wouldn't that just be the best!!!! The vet didn't do x-rays, or anything...Maybe she missed it!

Sounds good to me Maggie I am going with that theory

[HendrixandLucy]

few years ago I took Hendrix to get his teeth cleaned and he needed 7 pulled! I was a wreck and I was so sad that he wouldnt have all of his teeth. Of course he needed the entire bottom row removed..... all the ones between his two canine teeth. I was really concerned about it, but my vet said that they really don't even use those teeth.... So I am sure that your little girl doesn't even notice and she won't miss the tooth.

PS- make sure you brush her teeth so you don't go through what me and Hendrix went through

[Sweet Apple]

Good news, I think (?)...I didn't actually see the vet, as when the vet tech looked in Apple's mouth, she seemed to think it was a baby tooth that had come out, and that the one beside it was also a baby tooth, just as I thought...I decided to leave, and not have to pay a office visit, and now I'm all paranoid (so what's new lol) that I probably should have had the vet look at her...But, I think it's all good, and I should be seeing a new tooth coming in soon...And wow, she's 15 months old!!!!

[lucirbc]

Glad to see it was nothing. That is so crazy that she still has them!