Comments on: When Should A Dog Or Cat’s Tooth Be Extracted?

By: Kylie

Kylie — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 05:25:44 +0000

Hi Dr Andrew
Our sheltie has an unerupted adult canine tooth (or lance tooth) which Google tells me is considered a genetic anomaly appearing in shelties. The lance tooth does not appear to be causing any misalignment of other teeth or causing pain or difficulties. Is it generally best practice to extract the unerupted tooth? Or start with an x-ray to see if there’s any issues under the gum. Thank you.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 22:41:22 +0000

In reply to Angela kostadinceva. Hi Angela. That’s such a complex decision, and involves balancing many factors including expected lifespan, current quality of life, prognosis after treatment of the other conditions. Therefore, it’s only a discussion you can have with your vet in person. Additionally, as the willingness of vets to anaesthetise older dogs varies greatly, you could ask another vet for a second opinion.

By: Angela kostadinceva

Angela kostadinceva — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:23:06 +0000

My old dog has abscess on her tooth but the vet is concerned a bout putting her to sleep to take teeth out because of her enlarged live and all so Cushing’s dieases should I let the vet put her to sleep to take her teeth out my dog who is 13 years old