Archive for April, 2010

Do puppies lose teeth like children do?

I have a 7 month old Pomeranian and some of her top teeth are very loose… Are puppies supposed to lose their teeth?
Yes, usually they swallow them, at 7mths he should have lost most puppy teeth already but still be cutting molars.

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When did you start brushing your child’s teeth? How many times per day?

He is 14 month’s old. I do have the brush and paste. I haven’t really bothered with it to much. Let me know what you guys have done. Thank you. P.S – He only has 6 teeth so far.
Start brushing twice a day as soon as the teeth start coming in. [...]

When in the shower what order do you wash in? Anything quirky? Brush teeth?

I never put my head directly under the shower unless I am specifically washing my hair because I do not like the water in my eyes. I then wash my right arm, left arm, torso, back, privates then rince. The I floss my teeth and brush them in the shower.
Sometimes if I am [...]

why do my teath hurt if i eat sweets?

ok so it seems any time i eat something that i sugary and hard and sticky like taffy or a sucker or sometimes even jelley beans my teeth in the back of my mouth get this really bad pain and i only get it from candy…and it sometimes happens on both sides..does this mean that [...]

After Flossing Teeth Feel Wierd ?

Everyday I use mouthwash , brush , then floss in the morning , afternoon , then before i go to sleep .
But whenever I’m done flossing , my teeth feel wierd and alittle loose .
Is that normal ?
Oh sorry I didn’t mean to say mouthwash three times a day , I do it two times [...]

Should I floss in between two teeth with silver fillings?

I had cavities in between two teeth, so besides for drilling away the chewing surface, my dentist drilled away the sides of two teeth with touch each other, and put in silver fillings, so each tooth has one side which is really fake and just silver amalgam. Why should I floss there? Fillings don’t rot! [...]

Feeding raw chicken bones to clean teeth?

I’ve heard about this a few times before, but have never tried it. I KNOW that cooked bones will splinter, I’m talking about RAW bones. I’ve heard they work wonders for cleaning teeth. I have two miniature pinschers (7 lbs and 12 lbs) and am not sure how much is safe to give them. Any [...]

Do children get more teeth in around age 5?

My daughter complained that her mouth hurt when she was chewing, and pointed to the spot behind her last molar on one side. I thought maybe she poked it with a piece of pretzel she was eating, but also remembered I heard someone mention 6 yr. molars before. It would be weird if [...]

How can you stop your child from gritting their teeth?

My son is 9 months old and has 4 teeth on top and 3 on the bottom and has discovered that a fun sound comes from them if he grinds them together. Has anyone dealt with this and knows how to turn their attention away from it? I’m scared of it messing his [...]

why should we brush teeth in the morning?

i understand that we should brush teeth everytime after we eat, so the food won’t be left on the teeth, but why do we have to do it in the morning? we don’t eat at night
when you sleep plaque and bacteria forms on your gums and teeth and give you ‘morning breath’. if you just [...]