Cost To Have A Tooth Removed?

[Rappie]

It sounds like a tooth that definitely needs some attention, but in a young dog if there is some way of leaving the tooth in situ and 'making it' work that is preferable. Removing lower canines is also something that I'm not entirely sure even the dentists enjoy doing :laugh: There are two main referral options in Sydney - Nadine Fiani is a specialist at SASH (North Ryde) and Christine Hawke is a dentisty consultant at ARH (Homebush).

[zeebie]

My nearly 10yr old poochie had similar and was having some trouble with dry food etc, off to vet and she looked at teeth and said none "bad" or infected etc but lots of plague build up and so needed scale and clean under anesthetic, one which was nearly black, a molar was what I thought would need extraction, but nope now they are all perly white, breathe all good again and all up including antibiotic cover for unrelated problem was around $400

Edited October 31, 2013 by zeebie

[aliwake]

My pup had all his baby canine teeth removed, after breaking the top two on different occasions. He probably was only without any canines for 1-2 months before his adult teeth came in, but he adjusted fine. He struggled to pick things up for a couple of days, but after that had no trouble. If your pup would still have all his other canines, he would probably manage better than you'd think! I think they use the upper ones more for picking stuff up anyway.

Also, if the removal happened during desexing, I don't think the additional cost would be too much - maybe another $100? The biggest costs are the anaesthetic and fluids etc, and your pup would be getting them anyway.

[Rappie]

In this case Aliwake, I had assumed that ChequeredBlackDog was referring to an adult canine tooth in a young dog - hence the reluctance to remove it.

[YvonneM]

I really don't have anything useful to add, as no experience in dental problems, except to say that my 8 month old Maltese is about to have his 2 baby canines removed when he is desexed because his adult canines have come through but he hasn't lost the baby ones .... those baby canines are like little razor blades!! Hope its not too much extra $$ to have them extracted .... I'd imagine baby teeth should come out pretty easily, but they are not loose at all!

[aliwake]

In this case Aliwake, I had assumed that ChequeredBlackDog was referring to an adult canine tooth in a young dog - hence the reluctance to remove it.

I realise that - just thought I'd post my experience because my pup adapted very quickly to having no canine teeth at all - even if he did then eventually get his adult tooth replacements. I don't think missing one adult canine tooth would be a big problem - dogs seem to adapt so quickly - particularly given ChequeredBlackDog's pup is still fairly young.

I definitely know it's a much bigger deal to remove an adult tooth.

[twodoggies2001]

I just paid $855 for the removal of 15 teeth, including cleaning the remaining teeth and antibiotics.

[Chequeredblackdog]

Thanks guys. Ill do some investigating. :)

[poppop]

I paid about $650 ish for the removal of a retained baby tooth - this was at a specialist rather than the usual vet. We used Dr Christine Hawke at ARH in Homebush, Sydney, and were very happy with everything from her consultation to the care the dog got and the result. Well worth it.