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Yorkie Illness
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Home Remedies
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Your puppy at home
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LIST OF COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS IN YORKSHIRE TERRIER (YORKIE'S HEALTH ) |
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| Retained deciduous beby teeth in yorkie dogs
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Yorkies are often the dogs that have retained deciduous baby teeth.
Dogs are born without teeth. The first baby teeth appear when the puppies are about 2-3 weeks.
The 28 baby teeth are in place when puppies are about 1 months and an half.
Thoses tooth must be aligned properly since they show the way for permanent teeth.
We must help the puppies with their teeth by giving them a toy or object designed for this use.
From 4-5 months (may go up to 6-8 months in the case of the Yorkshire terrier) the baby teeth are gradually replaced by the permanent teeth. There is 42 permanent teeth in the dog.
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However, it is common in small breeds such as yorkie that baby teeth are retained and they don't fall (especially the canines) and block the grown of the adult teeth and that will cause problems for closing the mouth.
It is not unusual for other teeth to grow on a double row. The "double teeth" may result in catastrophic deformation of the jaws, the place becoming insufficient for all those teeth. It is very important to extract the baby teeth ( by your vet under anesthesia of course) that do not fall naturally.
Personaly if you have a very small teacup yorkie, i recommend you to think very well about the risk of anesthesia before making the decision of removing your yorkie's remained baby teeth ( if the case of his teeth is not to bad or extremely worst).. Teacup yorkie often die when they get anesthesia so discuss about it whit your veterinary if the operation is that necessary.
In the case of my little teacup Mia i decide to not removed the baby teeth that did not fall. The teeth still on 1 row (not double rows),and she has no problem closing her mouth so her case is not that bad and does worth the risk of an operation.
RISKS
Retained baby teeth in yorkie's puppies frequently cause a crowding of the teeth along the gumline.
This crowding displaces the permanent teeth so that they are out of line or grow at odd angles.
The abnormal placement of teeth can interfere with the normal growth and development of bones in the jaws. They may contact the roof of the mouth causing injury and pain. Retained teeth may also die and abscess, causing mouth infections to develop.
But remember...for very small yorkie ...the anesthesia can be more dangerous that keeping the remainded baby teeth in place!
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SOLUTION/TREATMENT
If your yorkshire terrier puppy is over 8 months old and that the deciduous teeth are not falling, you should consult your veterinarian. It is good to check your puppy's mouth weekly until about 8 months of age for abnormal teeth.
It will probably decide to extract those teeth under general anesthesia because Yorkshire has a significant tendency to accumulate tartar and having tooth problems ...
For dogs in general, Retained deciduous teeth should be extracted. This will require anesthesia and surgical extraction. Consult a veterinarian for an oral examination if any retained teeth are suspected.
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