https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/11924/dental-advice-please Have seen a young dog tonight which has thrown me a bit. 8m.o. Red Setter who presented with what seems to be a newly emerging extra tooth. I speyed her 2 months age and do check for retained deciduous teeth under GA and made no note of it, and theen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/65899?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:08:00 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:8703b725-d2ca-4cc9-a386-82f57d13db42Evelyn Barbour-Hill<p>[quote user=&quot;mariette asselbergs&quot;]Since this thread will attract dental experts can I ask if anybody has seen puppies of 8 weeks old without ANY teeth? (Lakeland terrier). Otherwise fine, eats well, but just gums, no teeth. &nbsp;Ideal for a household with young children maybe......[/quote]</p> <p><img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Very happy" /> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Very happy" /></p> <p>Just to be really boring for a moment, there are certain breeds notorious for very delayed eruption but Lakeland Terrier I would not put among them................. I&#39;d risk a <b><i>small</i></b> wager that this dog&#39;s teeth will erupt eventually.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/65898?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:11:43 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:d6b1627e-48fc-4d46-aa55-80ab36d0b176mariette asselbergs<p>Since this thread will attract dental experts can I ask if anybody has seen puppies of 8 weeks old without ANY teeth? (Lakeland terrier). Otherwise fine, eats well, but just gums, no teeth. &nbsp;Ideal for a household with young children maybe......</p> <p>Mariette</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/65893?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:02:55 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:40fe8dbf-d443-4152-b44f-a28eb7d4e4b2Evelyn Barbour-Hill<p>[quote user=&quot;Rachael Winder&quot;]</p> <p>Thanks- that makes me feel better! Just out of interest though, how late can these things erupt?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Dunno!&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/65883?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:10:23 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:44b07dd8-d630-4c5f-b555-e132a0b3c031Rachael Winder<p>Thanks- that makes me feel better! Just out of interest though, how late can these things erupt?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/65882?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:34:46 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:60f0731f-5698-4f68-b28e-1c7382fb59caEvelyn Barbour-Hill<p>[quote user=&quot;Rachael Winder&quot;]I&#39;m assuming plan of action will be to xray and assess how it lies etc and then consider whether/how to remove it,[/quote]</p> <p>Exactly. There may be no need to do anything about it.</p> <p>[quote user=&quot;Rachael Winder&quot;] but am a bit confused where it has come from? Do teeth sometimes appear this late or have i just missed it earlier?[/quote]</p> <p>Abnormal teeth do all sorts of funny things. &nbsp;I expect it was there unerupted at 6 months, but unless you radiographed the jaw at that time how would you have known?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>