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Losing Teeth

Posted by:  Nadia
Category:   Medical
Posted on:  April 30, 2001 at 09:23:42

Question:

Hi,
Our 5 month old, Copper's teeth are starting to fall out for his adult teeth to come in. I have a few questions about this:
1. Should we try to pull any of his teeth that are really loose, just not fallen out yet?
2. Should we encourage him to keep chewing the marrow bones we give him during this time? or should we take them away when the marrow has been eaten?
3. Once all of his adult teeth are in, should we worry about them being ground down by chewing (after all, crunching on bones is one of his favorite inside activities)? or will they be stronger than the puppy teeth?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Nadia