Will condition of a Milk tooth effect adult tooth? - Page 1

I noticed my 4 month old GSD puppy has a brown mark on the side of one of a lower milk tooth. This does not appear to be a problem (otherwise we would be straight to the Vet - especially if it was an adult tooth).

Can a milk tooth be 'diseased' - and would that effect the adult tooth when it comes through?

(We are visiting the Vet in two weeks, so will check then, but hoping someone will know now).

Many thanks,
Rodeo

Sometimes the milk/baby teeth do turn a dark color usually just before they fall out. Give lots of things to chew on maybe even a baby tug toy when you are with him/her and should help to pop out the baby teeth, sometimes the K-9 teeth are tougher to come out, however at this young age I would not worry. Should not affect adult teeth unless adult teeth are coming in on top of puppy teeth, then sometimes you need to have your vet pop out the baby tooth to make room for adult teeth. Even if the puppy tooth is dark, adult teeth should be OK, have your vet check when you take you puppy in for checkup. Good luck Nan

Hello Nans gsd,

A huge thank you for your response. It was interesting and reassuring to hear what you said, and as suggested we will bring this to the attention of our Vet when we see him shortly.

Very kind of you,
Rodeo

Diseases and vaccine reactions can affect tooth enamel formation. The emerging adult teeth can be damaged ( the enamel is stripped off or thin ) by a reaction to a vaccine or to a disease. If your puppy is showing tooth enamel problems then be careful with too many vaccines given at one time or close together. Generally three weeks between vaccines is a good waiting period. Make sure that your puppy has not been sick or is sick at the time of vaccine injection. The distemper/parvo vaccine can damage tooth enamel and cause kidney damage in some puppies. In the adult teeth the emerging teeth will be brownish or turn brown due to thin or missing tooth enamel .. there is no fix for this. Kidney damage may not show up until later in life. I had a great young female who lost her life at 2 years old due to a vaccine reaction to DPV vaccines and her adult teeth had a distinct brown color change as they emerged. Vets will never admit this but it is a fact.  My puppy had a short and painful life due to DPV damage to her kidneys.