I have a seven month old puppy. Several months ago when he still had his first set of teeth, I was playing with him and yanked a toy out of his mouth which caused his bottom left canine tooth to fall out. I asked my vet about it and she said that there is nothing i could do to his baby teeth that would interupt the growing of his adult teeth. But still four months later all the teeth except for the one that was pulled out have grown in. He's still precious without the tooth but I'm wondering if this has caused impropper growth of the tooth. I'm reaaalllly scared its gonna start growing out of his chin or something.. hahah.. anywaysss helpp meeee.
2007-06-10 04:41:36 · 6 answers · asked by blarrrrblarrrrr 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
The only thing I can think of is that it wasn't a baby tooth, but his permanent tooth that accidentally got yanked out. Either that or he's just missing a tooth - that does sometime happen.
2007-06-10 04:44:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adult canine teeth are the last teeth to erupt through the gums. This usually happens around six months but can occur earlier or later. Every dog is different. Give it a little more time don't worry the tooth is not going to grow in some weird way because his baby tooth fell out early.
2007-06-10 04:53:12 · answer #2 · answered by gonnella1205 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The adult tooth should grow back in time. Are his other adult teeth present yet?
The early loss of that baby tooth won't cause any problems for the adult tooth. Think what it was like when you lost your teeth. It's only the baby teeth that never come out that cause problems for the growing adult teeth.
I would think it's very unlikely that this was an adult tooth that got pulled out. Dog's canine teeth are the hardest in the world to remove when they're healthy, there's about 3 times the visible length of the tooth under the gum, it takes hours of chiselling and yanking to pull one out, they don't come out just through playing! Break yes, come out, no.
Chalice
2007-06-10 06:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by Chalice 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs usually get their permanent teeth in by 4-5 months, and the canine teeth are the first to come in. So there is a possibility that the tooth that was yanked out by mistake was a new permanent tooth, and permanent teeth don't grow back.
2007-06-10 04:46:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Distemper is a good theroy Talk to your vet but at 1 1/2 yr he's likely got all the teeth he's gonna get....
2016-04-01 00:26:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It couldve been a permanent tooth. Maybe you should go to another vet, and see what they say. or ask someone for a second oppinion
2007-06-10 04:52:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋