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My dog's tooth came out when he was playing with a towel. Is this
normal?
Dear Dr. Baum --
Hi! My 5 months old Great Pyrenees was play chewing my towel and his
tooth just came off. It seems like a baby tooth but I'm not really
sure if it is. He is my first large breed dog so I don't really know
how to treat him. He seems fine though; still eating, drinking, and
playing around.
Daniel, Los Angeles, CA
Dear Daniel
--
It's a baby (deciduous) tooth that
has made way for the eruption of the permanent adult tooth. This
process is called teething. Dogs start losing their baby teeth,
starting with the incisor teeth (small teeth in the front of the
mouth) at three and a half months of age. The canine, or fangs, fall
out at about five to six months of age, followed by the premolars
and molar teeth. The eruption of new teeth ends at ten to eleven
months of age. The towel game merely facilitated the loss of a loose
tooth.
Dr. B
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