Worth having baby tooth pulled? - Page 2

The tooth is probably loose and can be pulled easily with the correct dental tools. When I had a miniature GSD spayed, about 7 months old, I kept her, she never lost her baby canines, so while she was under, we pulled them, and with the tools, the teeth came out much easier than I thought, it was a piece of cake. If you can get some dental pliers, you could try yourself. Just make sure you pull straight up or down, depending on the top or bottoms...the teeth were pushing the adult canine, so I am glad I did it sooner than later...
Steph

Um.. I dont recommend trying to pull out a dogs canine tooth (even a decidious one) with a pair of pliers!  I do alot of dental procedures at work.  If that tooth doesnt have the root come out that can be painful.   Now most baby teeth are supposed to come out as scheduled.  We had GSD that did not lose his lower canines on his own.  At about 8 months old, we sedated him and removed them... ONE HAD FULL ROOTS it was almost an inch long!  and... probably the reason they never came out.  He had a hole in his pallete as the other poster stated happened to her dog.  Unfortunately, this dog had to have vital pulp therapy that cost $1,000... and a routine vet cannot perform the procedure.

I would just put the dog down.

LOL Chaz!!!!

Chaz, such a simple solution! LOL. Fawn, I had two upper juvenile k9s removed on my five month old pup. My vet had to go in and cut the gums around the tooth to extract them. Took about five minutes and done. 25 bucks, my pup said THANKS! If you don't take your pup in now, you'll likely have big problems. Btw, the lower k9 is seated IN FRONT of the upper.

Thanks, I have a call into my vet to get pricing.  Based on what I am reading (both here and on-line), waiting a week or 2 will not be detramental, as this does not appear to be an emergency situation.  I understand that the tooth should not be left there as the long term issues are more than just looks.

Thank you everyone for the insight and advice.

 

 

Personally, I would go in and have it extracted as it could lead to what others have mentioned here  -  base narrow canines: http://www.dentistvet.com/base-narrow-canines.html .  I had a puppy that is now a year that had one of its lower adult canines come in the same way and I did not have it extracted.  While it did turn out fine in the end, I stressed for about a month about base narrow canines and the lesson I learned was that in the future I will save myself the aggravation and just have the vet extract a retained baby tooth.

Thank you Psycht.  I looked at your article and some other diagrams that I have found in canine books and online.  The adult tooth is in the correct position at this point.  I do know that if the baby tooth is not removed (naturally or otherwise), it will push the adult tooth inwards and could lead to other issues.

Is there really an urgency to treat this ASAP rather than waiting a week or 2?  I am definitely not planning on going past the age of 23 weeks (he is 21 weeks now).  

Also, any reason why a standard vet cannot handle this (as there is no infection or issue with the upper palate)?

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I live in a rural area, so any vet visits have to be thought out and planned.  I have an newly graduated vet that I am learning to trust more, but even she is 40 plus miles away.  My normal vet is 125 miles away, so going to him is usually a full day off from work.  (and specialist; yeah, good luck on that one)

That said, I usually have to try to handle as much of the medical issues for my dogs as I can and only go to the vet as absolutely needed.  I am not willing to pull the tooth myself if it is not loose (in this case it is not), but I would prefer to let nature do its thing.