Loose teeth

[giraffez]

My boy has some loose teeth.  Don't want to put him under to get it removed.  Will it fall out on its own?  It has been loose for a while now.  Doesn't seem to bother him but its gone a bit brown on the edges.

[Dogsfevr]

How old is the dog ,

[karly101]

That loose tooth would hurt - your dog just can't tell you it hurts. They will eat on the other side to avoid it (same as a human with a sore tooth), but guarantee you it hurts as whenever we have a patient under anesthetic with a loose tooth and you touch it the heart rate skyrockets. 

 

Please get it removed under anesthetic. 

[Boronia]

Yes, it does need to come out.

I thought the same when Penny had a loose tooth...vet said 'out it comes, it is hurting her'

so get it removed

(and yes, I know it costs but it's just something we have to do)

[giraffez]

can it go under local anesthetic without putting my dog under?

[Dogsfevr]

What is the issue with getting it removed under GA .

Book the dog ,get it removed and make the most of getting the teeth cleaned and others checked .Possibly has other teeth issues

[_PL_]

Are you a bit scared of GA or has your boy got a health problem?  

[Boronia]

15 hours ago, giraffez said:

can it go under local anesthetic without putting my dog under?

No, that's a definite NO

I asked Penny's vet the same thing as the tooth was pretty loose, the vet also checked and cleaned Penny's teeth.

 

edited to add...stop worrying and just do it; yes it is going to cost you but it's honestly worth it for the peace of mind (and your dog's teeth)

Edited May 27, 2018 by Boronia

[Tassie]

And while the dog is under, the vet can not only check and clean other teeth, but may (as happened with one of mine), discover something which you had not even noticed ll in my dog's case it was an epulis (usually benign tumour growing from the gum.  Vet was able to remove that while she was under.   It was still small, so avoided a possible major surgery later.

[Papillon Kisses]

Yep, Mal had dental surgery last year. We put him under knowing that two teeth would have to come out. 

 

One GP vet who had only found one of those teeth, refused to operate as they thought it wasn’t that bad and reckoned if I flushed the periodontal pocket daily the ligament would magically reattach.  

 

Anyway, we booked him in for surgery with a veterinary dentist at the specialist hospital as Mal is older and has health conditions. He ended up a needed a LOT of teeth out and a gum graft where disease had eaten a hole between his mouth and nose.

 

BTW, most of those teeth looked bright and shiny because I brush his teeth daily etc... but they were rotten/barely attached below the gum line!!!!

 

Maybe if the first vet hadn’t scared me into leaving it, the disease wouldn’t have got that bad or expensive to repair.  

 

TL/DR: book in the surgery, Girrafez. Get it done somewhere/by someone special if your dog has issues, plus all the pre GA bloodwork and fluids for increased safety, X-rays and whatever else they recommend. Dental disease is painful and does all sorts of nasty stuff to the body like fractured jaws* and organ damage.

 

*what would have eventually happened if he didn’t have surgery. Remember, only two teeth looked like they needed out.

Edited June 8, 2018 by Papillon Kisses