White tooth
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Usually white teeth is due to a lack of calcium, but it isn't only one tooth, it's several. It can usually be remedied by a short burst of calcium like small pieces of a cuttle bone given several times. One tooth? I suppose it could be a calcium issue, but it would be strange for it to only be one.
BooBoo*TheKiddo*
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I agree with Tunes. It should be more than one tooth. I'm guessing the one tooth is the only one you noticed.
I'd try a small piece of cuttle bone. I believe Tums can be given for Calcium as well.
I'd try a small piece of cuttle bone. I believe Tums can be given for Calcium as well.
AZChins
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He could have worn the stain off the front of the tooth. Normally when this happens it's the upper or lower incisors that are just lighter in color because the chin can't really use just one tooth by itself!
I wonder if there is something affecting just that one tooth. I'm not sure that there's much that a vet would do except look over all the teeth to be certain there's nothing going on and then send you home to observe the chin and tooth for a few weeks. Is it just solid white?
I wonder if there is something affecting just that one tooth. I'm not sure that there's much that a vet would do except look over all the teeth to be certain there's nothing going on and then send you home to observe the chin and tooth for a few weeks. Is it just solid white?
That tooth looks somewhat damaged in the picture. If you compare it to the other teeth, which are smooth on the sides, the white one is almost chipped. The gums surrounding that tooth also look a little puffy.
Is it possible he had a fall? Could he have hit the tooth on something or caught it on a cage bar? Dawn is our resident tooth guru. Hopefully she'll pop on here and give her 2 cents as well.
Is it possible he had a fall? Could he have hit the tooth on something or caught it on a cage bar? Dawn is our resident tooth guru. Hopefully she'll pop on here and give her 2 cents as well.
AZChins
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Where is the picture? For whatever reason I don't see it...if it was posted?
If it looks chipped and damaged, it could be growing in strangely, in the process of dying or be dead. I've seen that happen before a few times with chins that have fallen or had other bad trauma to the teeth.
If it looks chipped and damaged, it could be growing in strangely, in the process of dying or be dead. I've seen that happen before a few times with chins that have fallen or had other bad trauma to the teeth.
AZChins
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Sorry, I waited too long to edit!
I can see the pictures, and there is definitely something odd going on with that tooth. I'd go to the vet and have the back teeth looked over to be certain that they haven't overgrown. The front teeth look like they are a little long. The normal bottom tooth have worn that strange pattern into teeth, they should be more straight across on the top. I'd probably have the teeth buzzed down to align them better and see if that tooth is still growing in normally.
That tooth could most definitely have been injured in a fall or getting caught on the cage, like Peggy said. A vet visit would help you figure out what is going on in his mouth!
I can see the pictures, and there is definitely something odd going on with that tooth. I'd go to the vet and have the back teeth looked over to be certain that they haven't overgrown. The front teeth look like they are a little long. The normal bottom tooth have worn that strange pattern into teeth, they should be more straight across on the top. I'd probably have the teeth buzzed down to align them better and see if that tooth is still growing in normally.
That tooth could most definitely have been injured in a fall or getting caught on the cage, like Peggy said. A vet visit would help you figure out what is going on in his mouth!
ticklechin
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The bottom incisors are starting to malocclude, you can see the start of them splaying out. The white appears to be trauma. This chin needs to have the incisors trimmed and while the chin is under for that have the molars inspected. Something is causing the chin not to use the incisors, whether its pain, the chin cannot close the mouth or a lack of chew things the chin likes I don't know but I do know this can go wrong very fast and needs to be treated seriously.
