Tooth loss in dogs - causes, symptoms, treatment

Causes of toothache

The most common causes of toothache in dogs are:

Soft coating.
Tartar.
Gingivitis.
Periodontitis.

Why does a dog's teeth fall out?
Poor nutrition can also be a cause of tooth loss .
If a dog eats only soft food, then self-cleaning of the teeth does not occur, which is why the dogs' front teeth become loose and fall out. These diseases can be avoided if you carry out the necessary preventive measures in a timely manner and are regularly examined by a veterinarian. Another reason for tooth loss in dogs can be considered lack of play . The dog should chew something regularly - this prevents the formation of stone, and therefore dental problems. The absence of such a load on the jaws leads to the teeth atrophying. Therefore, it is recommended to walk your dog regularly and keep special toys at home to entertain your pet.

How to treat during pregnancy

During pregnancy, it is allowed to have teeth filled and even have them removed. Dental fillings during pregnancy are carried out according to the standard procedure. Modern materials from which fillings are made do not cause any harm to either the mother or the child.

Painful procedures, including tooth extraction, are performed under local anesthesia. The anesthetic drug is chosen very carefully. The dentist must be familiar with the timing of pregnancy and contraindications in order to select the drug that is most suitable for a particular patient.

X-rays should be taken very carefully during pregnancy. If you cannot do without it during dental treatment, then it is best to take the photo in a modern dental clinic with equipment that meets high international standards. To further protect the woman and fetus from X-rays, the chest, pelvis and abdominal area are covered with a special fabric during the X-ray.

Dentists say that it is best to treat teeth during pregnancy in the second trimester. This is a period of relative calm between the critical points of pregnancy in the first trimester (when the fetus is just beginning to develop) and in the third trimester (when the fetus is almost fully formed).

Main symptoms

Each disease has its own symptoms, but pet owners may notice the formation of tartar or plaque on the teeth. If your pet has a loose tooth, this is also easy to notice. Plaque can be observed on the gums. If such symptoms are detected, you should immediately contact a veterinarian. Typically, such problems are observed in puppies six months old. This is due to the difficulty of baby teeth falling out. At this age, teeth are fragile, immature, and can easily break. Dental problems occur more often in small breed dogs.

Losing baby teeth is normal.

an unpleasant odor coming from your pet's mouth , it may indicate the development of gum and dental diseases. In dogs two years of age, it is often possible to observe the development of periodontitis, tartar and gum disease. This leads to loosening of teeth and their loss. If symptoms of dental disease are detected in an animal, it should be immediately taken to a veterinarian for consultation. The doctor will diagnose and prescribe treatment.

Causes of complications after fixed prosthetics

Errors in diagnosis and planning of orthopedic treatment

Errors in diagnosing and planning orthopedic treatment
Perhaps the most important and most difficult stage of orthopedic treatment is planning and choice of design. An incompletely studied medical history, insufficient X-ray examinations and incorrect interpretation of images, an inattentive approach to the patient’s complaints. All this today is a gross mistake by the doctor.

Mistakes when preparing the oral cavity for prosthetics

Before orthopedic treatment, it is necessary to carry out sanitation of the oral cavity: professional oral hygiene, removal of severely damaged teeth that cannot be properly restored with fillings or inlays, therapeutic treatment of teeth necessary according to indications, and soft tissue and bone grafting is also possible. Errors in preparation can be detected after prosthetics, so a very careful approach of all doctors is necessary.

Errors in the clinical stages of prosthetics

Orthopedic treatment usually consists of several stages. Making a mistake at any of the medical stages can lead to adverse consequences. The most common medical errors in permanent prosthetics include incorrect preparation of teeth , inaccurately taken impressions, incorrect bite determination, incorrect fitting of frames, non-compliance with the rules when installing a prosthesis, as well as non-compliance with the stages of prosthetics.

Errors in technical stages of prosthetics

Half the success of proper orthopedic treatment depends on the dental technician. Failure to comply with certain rules for the manufacture of dentures leads to further complications. Most often, these are errors in the inaccurate production of plaster models, poor casting of frames, and incorrect modeling of the cutting or chewing surface of the teeth by a dental technician.

Dental treatment for dogs

Once your veterinarian has x-rayed your pet and made a diagnosis, treatment will begin. If the tooth is loose, it is dead and should be removed. This will prevent inflammation, which means it will preserve the rest of your pet’s teeth. Other measures will also be taken, which will depend on the root cause of the disease.

If loose teeth are found, they are usually splinted to prevent further loosening and loss. That is, a group of teeth is tied together to prevent one of them from loosening. The more teeth a dog has, the more effective this technique will be. In addition to treating the teeth themselves, the dog will have to undergo a full course of relieving the inflammatory process, which usually becomes the cause of the disease. And everything needs to be done in a timely manner, otherwise the form of the disease may turn into chronic, which is much more difficult to treat.

Regular examination as a preventative measure.

When should teeth be splinted?

If there are deep tooth-gingival pockets.
The roots of the dog's teeth become visible.
There is pathological mobility of the incisors.

This responsible and serious procedure is performed using fiberglass or special dental wire. Thanks to these elements, several teeth can be joined together, completely eliminating further loosening. Thanks to this effective method, teeth regain stability, a pleasant appearance, and periodontitis will never bother your four-legged pet again.

This type of splinting has a long-lasting effect, so you don’t have to worry about your dog’s teeth for many years. This method has another very significant advantage - it can prevent the occurrence of inflammation in vulnerable gums. The percentage of effectiveness of this type of treatment directly depends on the number of teeth available. The more there are, the better and longer the effect, and the more stable the teeth. The most important goal here is to restore the normal functioning of the jaw, as well as maintain good health of the teeth and gums. The main thing is not to ignore the problem, but to find solutions in time and treat existing ailments.

Preventive measures

Dog owners can take care of their pets' health on their own. You must always monitor the condition of your four-legged friend's jaws. In addition, the dog also needs teeth cleaning, and it is easy to do at home. There is a special paste for dogs and brushes that make the whole process easier. This preventive maintenance will keep your pet's teeth healthy and prevent them from falling out. The main thing is to accustom your pet to this process so that he does not resist.

It is important to visit your veterinarian regularly , preferably annually, to avoid dental disease. If your pet's teeth are in order, he will be healthy and happy. This means that his owner will be happy.

Dentist consultation during pregnancy

You will need to consult a dentist more than once during pregnancy. It is better to visit the dentist in the first weeks of pregnancy so that, if there are any inflammatory processes in the oral cavity, they can begin timely treatment. It is very important to visit a dentist in the last trimester of pregnancy. At this time, the child’s skeleton and teeth are forming, so right now it is important to carefully monitor the mother’s health.

The teeth of the expectant mother are exposed to some dangers more than those of other patients. During pregnancy, a woman's appetite increases, nausea occurs, and the composition of saliva changes - its acidity increases. All these are favorable factors for the development of bacteria that have a destructive effect on the surface of the teeth.

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What to do for prevention?

Measures:

Regular oral examinations, especially if you are the owner of a small dog.
If problems arise (bleeding and inflammation of the gums, loose or irregular teeth), contact your veterinarian immediately.
Clean your teeth daily or at least weekly.
Examination of the oral cavity by a specialist at least 3-4 times a year.
Nutrition should be balanced.
Give your dog chew bones, etc., to strengthen your pet's jaws.

Removal of a wisdom tooth near the maxillary sinus

If the wisdom tooth is located near the maxillary sinuses, there is a certain difficulty in such removal. Why?

If a wisdom tooth is located close to the maxillary sinus, there is a risk that during removal the tooth can be pushed into the maxillary sinus. If you make incorrect technical movements when removing a tooth, or work roughly in some way, you can harm the person and, accordingly, you will then need expensive long-term treatment to remove this tooth.

How to clean

To keep your dog's mouth healthy, you need to brush both his baby and permanent teeth . Before this, you need to remove plaque and stone, if any, with hydrogen peroxide.

After this, you need to brush your pet’s teeth with a special brush and paste.

On a note! Brushing your teeth will be difficult at first. But, over time, the dog will get used to the procedure.

Pain after wisdom teeth removal

How long does pain last after wisdom tooth removal?

Pain after the removal of wisdom teeth lasts differently, depending on the sensitivity of the person and how the healing proceeds in general. It hurts after removing the figure eight from several days to, maximum, 7-10 days. Naturally, all pain, all painful symptoms from wisdom tooth removal subside over time.

What should you do if the wound hurts for a long time after wisdom tooth removal?

If you experience prolonged pain after wisdom tooth removal, you should contact your doctor as soon as possible, and he will adjust his prescriptions. If any problems arise, he will solve them.

Removing 2 wisdom teeth at the same time

Removal of two wisdom teeth from one side of the jaw. Pros and cons of this approach.

Two teeth at once on one side is a very good technique. In this case, we immediately remove two teeth and the healing process takes place only once. Accordingly, the pain also disappears once. The healing is in no way burdened by the fact that we remove two of them at once. It’s a good, even excellent approach, and that’s what we do in most cases if the patient doesn’t mind.

An example of removing two wisdom teeth at once - HERE

Dry socket syndrome during wisdom teeth removal

Dry socket syndrome in wisdom teeth

The wisdom tooth refers to the concept of dry socket, or more precisely, dry socket syndrome. A dry tooth socket is alveolitis. Dry socket syndrome after the removal of figure eights can occur in this area, especially in the area of the lower wisdom teeth due to the fact that as a result of swallowing, as a result of opening the mouth, muscles tense, which aggravate the occurrence of alveolitis.

What can dry socket syndrome lead to and what to do?

A dry socket after the removal of figure eights can lead to very severe pain that radiates to the temple and ear. This is a very great torment: a person cannot, even if he is not sensitive, he cannot tolerate it, he will definitely take painkillers 4-5 or 6 tablets. And as a result of this, he will still go to the dentist. A dry socket, if it has formed after removal, will not go away on its own. Alveolitis can only get worse - up to inflammation of the jaw. There may be dire consequences.

Possible complications

Since bruising of a gum, tooth or other tissues in the oral cavity is always individual, it is impossible to give reliable predictions about recovery and possible complications. It usually takes several visits to the dentist to carry out the necessary examinations and procedures, after which a complete recovery can be established. If you do not approach the treatment process responsibly, you can get the following complications:

darkening of the enamel (due to the penetration of pollutants through cracks, blood entering the pulp and disruption of the nutrition of dental tissues);
death of pulp cells and formation of necrotic areas leading to tooth death;
chronic inflammatory processes (pulpitis and periodontitis) leading to more serious consequences.

Very often, a tooth bruise leads to serious but hidden injuries. The victim may feel minor pain and think that everything will go away soon. However, this is not a reason to avoid qualified medical care. The sooner an examination is carried out in a dental office, the greater the likelihood that all consequences will be eliminated, complications will be avoided and the tooth will be as healthy as possible.

Normal teeth by age

Adults

Normally, an adult dog's permanent bite consists of 42 teeth, the formula of which should look like this:

Upper jaw: 2M 4P 1C 3I 3I 1C 4P 2M
Lower jaw: 3M 4P 1C 3I 3I 1C 4P 3M, where:

M - molars
P - premolars
C - fang
I - incisors.

We get 20 teeth on the upper jaw and 22 on the lower jaw.

It is worth taking into account the breed characteristics of the skull. Brachycephals may have a lack of teeth, while dolichocephals (breeds with a very long muzzle, such as collies), on the contrary, may have too many. Such cases cannot be called the norm; these are simply features due to the skull.

Puppies

Puppies are born without any teeth. The first to begin to emerge are the temporary ones, or more simply put, the deciduous incisors and fangs. This occurs at 3–4 weeks of life. Then, from the fourth to the twelfth week, the “baby” premolars erupt and grow. Puppies do not have molars.

From twelve weeks until teeth change, the puppy’s formula looks like this:

Upper jaw: 3P 1C 3I 3I 1C 3P
Lower jaw: 3P 1C 3I 3I 1C 3P

14 teeth each in the upper and lower jaws.

The replacement of temporary teeth with permanent ones begins at three months.

At 3-5 months, the incisors completely change.

From 4 to 6 months, a complete change of incisors and premolars occurs.

And in 5-7 months molars appear.

If a puppy older than seven months still has baby teeth, take the dog to the vet.

Removal of wisdom teeth in pregnant and lactating women

Removal of wisdom teeth in pregnant and nursing mothers

Is it possible to remove wisdom teeth during pregnancy? Pregnant and lactating women can have their wisdom teeth removed only in case of exacerbation of one of them or necessity, when it is impossible to solve this problem conservatively. In a planned manner, it is better to remove wisdom teeth after the end of the feeding period.

Are there any special features of removing wisdom teeth during pregnancy?

We try to perform tooth extraction on all our patients as carefully, comfortably, and carefully as possible. Therefore, as a rule, there are no technical features. But if any intervention in the form of wisdom tooth removal is urgently required (because there is no other alternative), we must consult with the attending physician - a gynecologist and, accordingly, coordinate all our actions.

What anesthesia is used when removing wisdom teeth in pregnant and lactating women?

In pregnant and lactating women, after consultation with a gynecologist, we, as a rule, perform anesthesia with a reduced level of adrenaline, so as not to provoke the onset of labor in the later stages, and not to provoke a miscarriage in the early stages.

What if the roots are not affected by caries?

In dental practice, decisions about the need for root removal have to be made quite often. So, if a “living” healthy tooth splits due to injury, its roots are usually slightly damaged and can be saved. But the roots of a pulpless and treated tooth are, as a rule, removed so that they can be replaced with a titanium implant and a crown made of metal ceramics or zirconium dioxide can be installed on it. As a rule, destroyed rear molars, the most problematic in the dentition, are also removed along with the roots.

Quite often, even if there is a therapeutic option to preserve the root, real professionals still refuse it. They know from experience in which cases the crown will not be attached securely enough to the restored native root, and therefore will not be fully functional. Therefore, it is best to entrust the decision on the advisability of preserving roots to a highly qualified specialist.

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Impacted and dystopic wisdom teeth

Impacted wisdom tooth

- this is a tooth that has not erupted; it is located in the bone tissue, in the gum. The general practice is that few dentists decide to remove an impacted figure eight, since it is a complex procedure.

In the clinics of the German Implantology Center, removal of impacted wisdom teeth is carried out as planned; our experience allows us to perform surgery of this level.

Why don't wisdom teeth erupt?

The wisdom tooth does not erupt due to the fact that it is dystopic: there is a neighboring tooth in front of it, which is in the way.

This wisdom tooth is usually tilted. Or there is absolutely no room in the jaw, it is located at the corner of the jaw: there is no place for it to cut through, there is no way.

Dystopic tooth

A wisdom tooth is a tooth that is erupting or has erupted incorrectly. Or it cannot erupt and occupies the wrong position in the jaw.

Typically, such teeth displace other teeth, deforming the jaw. It is impossible to treat them, and straightening them is also extremely difficult. In these cases, we remove the dystopic wisdom tooth. As a result of dystopia, cheek injuries may also occur due to chronic biting. Therefore, it is better not to postpone the removal of the dystopic eight “for later”.

Diagnostics

When you take your dog to the vet, diagnosis always begins with a history.

Be prepared to answer questions like these:

When and what alerted you, what were the first symptoms you noticed?
Tell us everything about your pet's nutrition.
Have you noticed a preference for softer foods?
Do you give your dog a hygienic teeth cleaning? If so, what is used for this?
Smell from the mouth?
Lately, has the dog opened its mouth reluctantly, with effort, or normally?

The next step is inspection.

The doctor looks at the general condition of the dog: coat quality, fatness, behavior.
Inspection of the mouth.
Counting the number of teeth.
Bite assessment, taking into account breed characteristics.
Definition of permanent and temporary (baby) teeth.
Assessment of the condition of the gums and oral mucosa.

Sometimes color tests are performed to visualize the pathological process, for example:

The Schiller-Pisarev test is carried out using a special solution based on iodine. This solution affects the surface of the gums. If there is no inflammatory process, then nothing will happen, it will not become colored. Otherwise, the gums become dark brown, which indicates inflammation.

To make an accurate diagnosis, it is always necessary to take an x-ray.

Recommendations after wisdom tooth removal

What medications should you take after wisdom tooth removal?

The following medications are used after wisdom tooth removal: painkillers, mouth rinses - special, with a strong antiseptic content. Often, an antibiotic is prescribed as therapy after the removal of the figure eight, and we also prescribe probiotics to restore the intestines after taking antibiotics.

Recommendations after wisdom teeth removal

In general, the recommendations are the same as in the case of removing simple teeth. But they should be performed more carefully.

Physical exercise

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exclude
. Try not to disturb the extraction site, because the wisdom tooth is located in an awkward/unfortunate area where swallowing and opening the mouth will affect the surgical site.

Of course, wisdom tooth removal is incompatible with subsequent alcohol consumption for several days. Smoking is also strictly not recommended.

Brushing your teeth after wisdom tooth removal

Is it necessary to brush your teeth after wisdom tooth removal or can you wait a few days? You should definitely brush your teeth after removing a wisdom tooth. This needs to be done quite carefully, but at the same time carefully. It is not recommended to rinse your mouth after wisdom tooth removal. That is, the question “what to rinse your mouth with” in this case disappears. Using an irrigator is also not recommended.

Dental roots affected by caries are a dangerous source of infection in the body.

When the carious process has destroyed not only the crown, but also the roots of the tooth, it is necessary to part with them as quickly as possible. Removing the root of a decayed tooth cannot be called a simple surgical procedure, but modern anesthetics and professional skills allow the doctor to carry it out quickly and without significant pain. If this is not done, rotting roots will create a serious health problem for the patient.

Pathogenic microflora will spread to neighboring teeth.
There will be a persistent unpleasant odor from the mouth.
A cyst or granuloma may form around the root tip. Pus from the overgrown local formation will sooner or later release into the gum tissue - a flux will form, which will already capture the entire upper or lower jaw and “swell” the cheek.
A persistent focus of infection will cause a significant decrease in immunity.

When treating gumboil, the patient's gums are first cut under anesthesia to allow the drainage of pus and to disinfect the source of infection. Without this manipulation, it is impossible to remove the tooth root, since it is impossible to inject an anesthetic into the gum tissue filled with pus. When sending a patient home, the dentist cannot even be sure that he will return to remove the root. Unfortunately, many avoid surgical intervention, which means they will soon face a relapse of the disease.