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My 5mos old shih tzu accidentally extracted his upper teeth, one is the fangs and next to it, do I need to go vet?

Ask: My 5mos old shih tzu accidentally extracted his upper teeth while playing, one is the fang and next to it, do I need to go vet?

The bleeding stopped for few minutes but there is still visible blood on the part where the tooth was extracted.

He is still eating, i fed him with powdered dog food with water. It seems that he dont mind the missing teeth, but i'm worried of the infections he will get.


Answer

Verulam:
His puppy teeth are coming out LOL. At this age, it's perfectly normal unless these happen to be her newly erupted adult set!! Unlikely. Don't alter his food - hard food will help what nature is doing at the moment. Just keep an eye on what's going on - sometimes puppy teeth are stubborn and don't come out meaning the adult set come in crooked. If this happens, he may need a vet to extract the stubborn tooth/teeth.

ps Just to add, make sure any bleeding does stop - dogs who suffer with bleeding disorders often are only diagnosed with this during teething (or catching the quick when clipping nails!). But it's a comparatively rare condition.


Julie:
These are his puppy/milk teeth and ALL of those will come out and be replaced by 42 adult teeth over the next few months. I personally don't think there's anything to worry about, but if you have any concerns, you could always express those concerns to your Vet. Just like we loose our baby teeth when we're young, so do puppies. 

E.H Amos:
All puppies loose all of their puppy teeth for ADULT TEETH. Normally (IN LARGE BREEDS) - PUPPIES START LOOSING THEIR PUPPY TEETH, AT EXACTLY 16 WEEKS. I would assume in small breeds (like yours) it happens at a similar age.

Speak to your vet or your breeder, ASAP if you have concerns. Hasn't your puppy lost any prior puppy teeth? Normally, the very front teeth go first (like in human kids) and work around to the side teeth. The age & the nearness to the fangs "suggest" he may have already started loosing some prior teeth.
 

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