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Originally Posted by thea2003  My dog has 2 chipped teeth...1 upper incisor and one upper canine...they dont bug her at all |
I don't know about that Thea. I just got thru reading the Whole Dog Journal July issue and they had an article about dentistry in canines. It was very interesting and very, very enlightening.
It was written by a woman who met with a couple of other agility people at the events and one of them took her dog to a dog dentist. Next time they met, about three weeks later, she told them about her dogs work that had to be done. Soooo the writer decided to take her 10 yr old border terrier in (dentist in her area)and found out he had two broken teeth, premolars, I believe one had abcessed (my memory fails me) and a loose incisor that had to be pulled.
I can't remember all the details, but her dog had a lot wrong with his mouth and she never knew anything was wrong with him. Dogs are stoic and hide things that are wrong with them (goes back to "in the wild"). After she got his mouth fixed she said it was like you had taken 5 yrs off his age because he was ripping and roaring around like a young dog again.
Apparently it is wise to take them to a dog dentist or at least find out it your vet has had dentistry in vet school and not a weekly seminar. It also has to do with the equipment a dentist has that prevents aspiration of dental bacteria into the lungs during the mouthwork.
I learned quiet a bit, even if I can't remember most of it now.......but I can reread the article and remember it again for another 10 mins.
