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Subject: Re: Teeth Problems

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Lee McCartney

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Date Posted: 07:17:04 03/26/08 Wed
In reply to: Kay 's message, "Teeth Problems" on 10:43:42 03/25/08 Tue

You don't mention of your girl is a HL or a puff. If HL the chance of there being uncut permanent teeth is slim to none. Dental loss & the lack of permanent teeth is nothing unusual in hairless dogs. Many times what vets believe are "baby" teeth are what we call pearl teeth (very undersized) and are perfectly correct for the breed. Now, having said all that...if you're girl is a puff then this all goes out the window. Puffs should have normal dentition.

As for the patellas, you need your vet (or an orthopedic vet) to give you the grade of the luxation. It really is dependent upon the severity (grade) of luxation as to whether surgery is indicated. Some live normal, happy, healthy lives with a high graded luxation, others require surgery. It truly is your decision based on orthopedic evaluation and the degree to which an orthopedic surgeon believes he can help the dog (if the dog only has a 20% chance of a normal recovery...why spend the $$). I do highly recommend that you get at least two orthopedic opinions on the severity of the luxation, and make a decision from there.

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