What's wrong with this dog's tooth?

[EvericBC]

My friend showed me a picture of her dogs tooth and we don't know what's wrong. Does anyone know?

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[MoonStr80]

Looks like a chip tooth ouch! If you're concerned I'd take her to the vet

[bubbatd]

Looks like major tartar , but with the others being white , have no clue . !!! The gums look fine . Did the dog have any major illness as a pup ??? My very first Golden had some teath like this and the vet thought that he may have had distemper . A long time ago !!!!

[CharlieDog]

The tooth looks like its been chipped badly. I think your vet can fix that..

[Storee's Mom]

The tooth is chipped. You can check with your vet but it might be an expensive fix. My border collie had a similar fracture on his tooth, however the vet suggested just keeping it clean and making sure it didn't get infected. He had very few problems with that tooth, but did have an infection from time to time on another tooth. Because of his age we just had antibiotics on hand for the every six months or so he had a problem.

Lana

[Stephanie7]

It could be the start of Peridontitis (spelling?) which is tooth decay and tartar buildup. If not treated it will rot the tooth and can spread to the gums. It will make it hard to eat, and the teeth get loose and fall out in the later stages. Annual professional teeth cleaning is good, and if you can brush every day atleast once that will keep the teeth healthy.

[darkchild16]

It could be the start of Peridontitis (spelling?) which is tooth decay and tartar buildup. If not treated it will rot the tooth and can spread to the gums. It will make it hard to eat, and the teeth get loose and fall out in the later stages. Annual professional teeth cleaning is good, and if you can brush every day atleast once that will keep the teeth healthy.

thats what it looked like to me too. Reminds me alot of Scirraccos teeth but we cant get them professionally done him being a greyhound and all.

[SisMorphine]

thats what it looked like to me too. Reminds me alot of Scirraccos teeth but we cant get them professionally done him being a greyhound and all.

?? Where did you hear that? Wally has had 3 dentals, and 17 teeth removed due to his horrible Greyhound mouth. Around here Greyhounds are adopted out with a fresh dental. When I worked at the vet's offices most of our dentals were for Greys or toy breeds.

[darkchild16]

Because of the anesthesia and his seizures none of the vets here will do them not even the grey vet here :(.

[PWCorgi]

Sorry about being OT...

Sis, I think I remember seeing Wally eating raw (and mention of it being a baby :p :D), does he eat raw 100% of the time? If so, doesn't that keep his teeth clean?

[SisMorphine]

Because of the anesthesia and his seizures none of the vets here will do them not even the grey vet here :(.
I'll find you one down near you who uses Iso. Don't you fear, your dog shall have fabulous teeth ;)

[darkchild16]

LOL If you could me and my mom and Scirracco would love you forever. Hes car ride deprived alot of the time right now because his breath is downright deadly.

[SisMorphine]

Sorry about being OT...

Sis, I think I remember seeing Wally eating raw (and mention of it being a baby :p :D), does he eat raw 100% of the time? If so, doesn't that keep his teeth clean?
He does eat raw, 100% of the time, RMBs one meal, mush the next.

For Greyhounds their teeth issues are genetic (which is the same thing with many toy and bracchiosephalic breeds). They have genetic horizontal bone loss, which causes the gums to recede to a point where they have A LOT of tooth exposed that needs to be protected with the harder enamel, and that doesn't happen.

Also, because they are open mouthed breathers, the exposed tooth sections get tartar build up in less than half of the time it normally happens. Many Greys also have genetically soft teeth.

Wally's mouth is the worst I've seen in a Greyhound yet. Though teeth problems are extremely common in Greys, Wally's mouth is not the norm . . . nor is his breath *vomit*

[darkchild16]

He does eat raw, 100% of the time, RMBs one meal, mush the next.

For Greyhounds their teeth issues are genetic (which is the same thing with many toy and bracchiosephalic breeds). They have genetic horizontal bone loss, which causes the gums to recede to a point where they have A LOT of tooth exposed that needs to be protected with the harder enamel, and that doesn't happen.

Also, because they are open mouthed breathers, the exposed tooth sections get tartar build up in less than half of the time it normally happens. Many Greys also have genetically soft teeth.

Wally's mouth is the worst I've seen in a Greyhound yet. Though teeth problems are extremely common in Greys, Wally's mouth is not the norm . . . nor is his breath *vomit*


Ill have to put a gas mask on to get pics of scirraccos. Him and Wally (it sounds like) are totally abnormal thank god. Most of the otehr grays we had, had good teeth considering. nowhere as good as our other dogs but really good for the breed.

[PWCorgi]

Thanks for the information, I knew that greys were known for having yucky teeth, but I always thought it was from lack of care and not genetics.
Do the greyhound farms just not care about the teeth of their greys when they breed them?

[GlassOnion]

Could be a chipped tooth, could be the gums pushing the tooth out of socket (which could be an infection, the body rejecting the tooth, etc), or it could simply be tartar.

Looks chipped to me though but if it's higher up then the other tooth on the left side I'd say the tooth is getting pushed out. Same concept as what makes some animals snaggle-toothed.

[SisMorphine]

Thanks for the information, I knew that greys were known for having yucky teeth, but I always thought it was from lack of care and not genetics.
Do the greyhound farms just not care about the teeth of their greys when they breed them?
For most it's about the ability to race, and to produce racers, and nothing else.

And I'd say about half of the racing Greys are on at least a half raw diet while racing. So according to everything we have learned about raw their teeth should be perfect. But, alas, they are not. **** genetics making my dog's breath smell like death run over twice.

[darkchild16]

LOL Sis I dont think they are given bones. At least not at most of the kennels here. Our organization is very close with the kennels at our track and the ones here feed Ground beef (high quality) and fresh veggies but no bones and no teeth cleaning. And they also cant have any injections (including kennel cough) or anything so I doubt they can get anethesiated (right word?)